Performance Tests

PROVING GROUND FACILITIES

EXPERIMENTATION
Passing 5th gear

100

50

0
40 60 80 100 120

zzzz kg xxxx kg

EQUIPMENT

WHY US?
 DYNAMIC PLATFORM
Area: 250 x 250 m with 2 acceleration lanes of 875 m
Flatness: 0% slope in all directions
Tolerance: 3 mm
Surface: High-adherence asphalt

Mercedes A-Class
Moose test

HIGH-SPEED CIRCUIT
Length: 7,560 m with two 2,000 m straights linked by
two curves of radius 472 m banked to a gradient of
66.7%
Flatness: 0.3% longitudinal slope
Tolerance: 3 mm
Surface: High-adherence asphalt
 OFF-ROAD CIRCUIT
2,500 track for off-
road performance TEST HILLS
evaluation with Track with 5 parallel gradients:
gravel, muddy 8%, 12%, 18%, 24% and 30%.
puddles, wheel ruts,
clay ground and
steep gradients.

COMFORT TRACK
1 km lane with 4 different
sections of deterministic STRAIGHT LINE BRAKING SURFACES
profiles. Test area of 200/250 m with surfaces of different
wet grip factors:
m=0.8, 0.4, 0.3 and 0.1.
Experimentation

INSTRUMENTATION
METHODOLOGY TYPE OF TESTS REPORT

Vehicle checking

Execution of
performance tests and Final Report
Vehicle instrumentation
data processing
and preparation for
performance tests

Programming of
measuring equipment
according to customer
specifications
 PERFORMANCE TESTS

PROVING BENCH
GROUND TESTS
TESTS
Proving Ground

Maximum speed
Standing-start acceleration
Fuel consumption
Passing acceleration
Coast-down
Hill tests
Speedometer and tachometer errors
Speed at 1000 rpm

Observations:
Tests performed according to customer
specifications
Bench Tests

Emission tests
Power / Torque curves

Observations:
Tests performed according to customer
specifications
Report

Automatic report execution

Data summary in minimum time
Graphs
Coast-down - Aerodynamic graphs
Final report
Graphs

Passing Acceleration 5th gear

80
60
Time (s)

40
20
Observations:
0
40 60 80 100 120 Feature curves acquired
Speed (km/h)
Engine verification
zzzz kg xxxx kg

Vehicles tested with different weights

Standing Start Acceleration

20
15
Time (s)

10
5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Speed (km/h)

zzzz kg xxxx kg
Graphs

GEAR BOX RELATION POWER/TORQUE CURVE

Model: VIN:

4700
60

Pow er (kW)
RPM

40
20
0
0
0 60 120 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
Speed (km/h) rpm

Observations:
Feature curves acquired
Gear box verification
Engine verification (Power /
Torque curves)
Coast-Down Aerodynamics Graphics

y f 2 x 2 f1 x f 0 y f2 x f0

Coast Down Coast Down

700 700

Force (N)
Force (N)

350 350

0 0
0 50 100 150 0 4000 8000 12000 16000

y =0,0314x2 +0,559x +79,938

Speed ( km/h ) y =0,0352x +96,41 Speed2 ( ( km/h)2 )
R 2 =0,9992
R 2 =0,9996

Observations:
F: Running resistance
Feature curves acquired
f2: Air resistance
Aerodynamic coefficients worked out
f1: Internal resistance
f0: Rolling resistance
Equipment

Data acquisition & measurement systems

(DATRON)
Optical sensors (DATRON)
RPM Sensors (Onosoky)
Volume flow meter (Pierburg)
Rolling Road (Froude Consine)
Emission test cell (Horiba)

Observations:
State-of-the-art equipment
Equipment calibrated
Equipment

Data acquisition
Optical Sensors system

DLS-1 Sensor EEP-2 Sensor

DLS-2 Sensor AEP-5 Sensor
Equipment

Volume flow meter

Unleaded Petrol
Diesel

Optical Sensors

Fitted correctly
Sensor calibration before every test
Equipment

Rolling road
Emission test cell

Observations:
Rolling road 150 kW - 18
Analyzer ...
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Opportunities: Extensive test possibilities
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Location: Fast, comfortable, international communication (Barcelona
International Airport 45 minutes away, fast motorway links, etc.)

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