Course detail

Virtual Prototypes and Virtual Enviroment

FSI-QVQAcad. year: 2025/2026

Virtual prototypes created using so-called multi-body software play a significant role in today's product development process. This software greatly enhances the efficiency of engineering work and reduces the financial demands of development. The subject focuses on the use of these tools in the design and testing of both traditional and autonomous vehicles. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge to independently create virtual prototypes, gain an overview of the problems that can be solved using multi-body software, understand the data required to create a model, and understand what results they can get. For the practical part of the course, software that is among the most significant and widely used in the automotive industry is chosen.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Porteš, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Entry knowledge

Matrix calculus. Basic knowledge of numerical mathematics and technical mechanics, kinematics, dynamics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Attendance at seminars is obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of absence is solved individually with a course provider.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students familiar with theoretical and practical knowledge of multi-body software. They will learn of multi-body software and its development trends.
Students will have a clear idea of which problems are possible to solve with the multi-body software, what data are necessary, what outputs they are able to get. Students will also acquire the necessary knowledge to enable them to independently create multi-body models using software tools.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BLUNDELL, M., HARTY, D. The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics. Second edition. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-008-0994-253. (EN)
 ADAMS Online Help. 2023. (EN)
AL-TABEY, Wael. Study of Vehicles Handling & Riding Characteristics by Adams Software: full study of automotive handling and riding characteristics using MSC-ADAMS software. Saarbrücken, 2012. ISBN 978-3-8484-3942-3. (EN)
GÜHMANN, Clemens, Jens RIESE a Klaus VON RIEDEN. Simulation and Testing for Vehicle Technology: 7th Conference. Berlín: Springer Verlag, 2016. ISBN 331932344X. (EN)
IPG - Carmaker Reference Manual. 2023. (EN)
SCHIEHLEN, W. (ed.) Multibody Systems Handbook. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990 (EN)
STEJSKAL, V., VALÁŠEK, M. Kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8247-9731-0 (EN)

Recommended reading

BLUNDELL, M., HARTY, D. The multibody systems approach to vehicle dynamics. Second edition. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-008-0994-253.
Getting Started Using ADAMS/View. [on-line Adams software tutorial] MSC.Software Corporation.
PACEJKA, Hans B. Tire and vehicle dynamics. Third Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012. ISBN 9780080970165.
Road vehicles - Vehicle dynamics and road-holding ability – Vocabulary, ISO8855 : 2011 (E/F), International Organization for Standardization, Switzerland
SCHIEHLEN, W. (ed.) Dynamics of High-Speed Vehicles. Wien-New York: Springer-Verelag, 1982
STEJSKAL, V., VALÁŠEK, M. Kinematics and dynamics of machinery. Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8247-9731-0

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-AAE-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme N-ADI-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Porteš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction (multi-body formalism and other technologies), basic types of models
  2. Basic modeling elements and modeling process – definition of bodies, kinematic constraints, force effects
  3. Basic modeling elements and the modeling process – motion generators, sensors
  4. Coordinate systems, methods of determining position and orientation
  5. Closed kinematic chains - the problem of redundant coordinates
  6. Numerical solution – system of nonlinear equations
  7. Numerical solution – system of differential equations
  8. Number of degrees of freedom - influence on the way the mechanism is modeled
  9. Types of analyses
  10. Modeling the virtual environment
  11. Creation of scenarios
  12. Virtual test - implementation
  13. Virtual test - analysis

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Porteš, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to the ADAMS software environment
  2. Basic modeling elements in MBS
  3. Tools for parameterization of models
  4. Creating a complete model in ADAMS/View
  5. Simulation, parameterization, analysis of results
  6. Customization of the user environment, automation of simulations and DOE
  7. Introduction to ADAMS/Car
  8. Simulation of subsystems on test beds
  9. Driving simulation of a complete vehicle
  10. Introduction to CarMaker software
  11. Creation of scenarios and their simulation
  12. Modification of vehicle parameters and evaluation of results
  13. Submitting and consulting the results of separate tasks