VPG: Virtual Proving Ground

Advanced System Analysis
Using VPG, engineers all over the world are reducing product development costs and improving product quality and safety.  Using VPG, they are able to do this at a fraction of the cost of competitive products.  VPG delivers an extremely advanced and unique set of tools which allow engineers to create and visualize advanced simulations for vehicle crashworthiness and dynamic durability.

Structure Module for Strucural Analysis
VPG enables users to create unique system level simulations of mechanical systems such as vehicle suspensions and linkages. VPG enables users to include components as flexible bodies, combining the traditional kinematic/dynamic simulation methods with finite element analysis methods. The results are simulations that provide greater insight and opportunities to improve or prove out your design.

Safety Module, Drop Test & ALE/FSI Modules
With a complete dummy library, barrier library and airbag folding system, VPG enables users to quickly and painlessly set-up complex simulations for standard vehicle impact simulations. The "Process Guidance" approach to process automation delivers the flexibility that is needed by users, with a streamlined model creation. eta/VPG users can quickly and reliably create simulation models that previously took a great deal of expertise and time to create.

VPG Features:

• Suspension Library
• Parametric Tire Modeler
• Road Surface Library
• Fatigue Calculation and Post Processing
• Dummy Library
• Barrier Library
• Airbag Folder
• Drop Test Module for Electronics/Packaging
  

NISA Solver Available
To provide an additional toolset for VPG users, the package now interfaces with an integrated linear static and eigen value solver, NISA.  For many applications, NISA can provide a high value alternative to other FEA solvers and can be bundled with VPG. 

Coming Soon! VPG is currently being developed within the new Inventium Architecture.  As such, in future releases VPG will be part of the Inventium Suite.