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  IN THIS ISSUE
  Ground Vehicle Testing
  No. 16/ October 2009

» Lead Story

Gaining Insight Earlier

» Materials Feature

Further increase productivity with new MTS TestSuite™ Software release

» Product Feature

Improve control and productivity with new version of RPC Pro® Software

Gaining Insight Earlier

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MTS helps Nissan evaluate how a new damper system impacts vehicle-level performance earlier in development and at less expense.
  Nissan Motor Company sought to glean deeper insight into vehicle subsystem performance at an earlier stage of development — even before the availability of a vehicle prototype. Meeting this goal would require combining the complementary strengths of computer-aided engineering (CAE) and physical testing.

Yoichi Sakai, Head Representative for System Development at Nissan Motor Co., discusses how his company partnered with MTS to develop an award-winning four-corner damping system using MTS Mechanical Hardware in the Loop™ (mHIL) technology. mHIL technology allows mechanical systems and components to be thoroughly evaluated during the preliminary stages of vehicle development, by placing them in the loop of a real-time vehicle model.

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Materials Testing Feature
New MTS TestSuite 1.5 Software features numerous, productivity-enhancing additions to the Multipurpose Testing package, as well as six new modules for fracture testing.

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Product Feature



Improve control and productivity with new version of RPC Pro® Software
 
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