Riassunto analitico
The aim of this thesis is to show the development of a software for simulating poster rig analyses.
The software has been developed keeping in mind two key concepts:
• Generality: it is possible to use the SW with any type of car. In fact, the car can be simply modelled as a set of geometric parameters, mass parameters and force curves.
• Modularity: the SW is divided into different modules. The user can choose to exploit all of them or directly load data from files.
In this way, the product is a tool that can be easily and quickly used by everyone, from the race engineer on track to the simulation engineers at the factory.
In the following chapters, after a brief introduction about vertical dynamics and poster rig testing, it will be described the creation of the mathematical model lying behind the software, the generation of the User Interface and the validation of the model with real poster rig data.
In particular, the tests are carried out with a dummy Formula 2 car. Firstly, its relevant parameters are characterised by using a static rig and then the car is put on Dallara seven-poster rig, where pull-down, warp and modal manoeuvres are performed.
It will be shown that simulation outputs are quite well aligned with the ones of the real car, proving that this modelling represents the reality with good approximation.
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