Perception-Based Powertrain Design Using a Dynamic Driving Simulator
Authors:
Edwin Baumgartner, Andreas Ronellenfitsch, Hans-Christian Reuss, Dieter Schramm
Keywords:
powertrain development, longitudinal acceleration, just noticeable difference, driving simulator
Abstract:
Despite offering numerous advantages, driving simulators are currently not widely used in the powertrain design process. In this research a perceptual approach is presented to assess the use of driving simulators in the powertrain development. It examines to what extent dynamic driving simulators can be utilized to subjectively evaluate the effect of different powertrain variants on the drivability and agility of passenger cars. This is done by systematically evaluating the minimum perceptible difference in longitudinal acceleration profiles. As a quantifiable measure, the just noticeable difference (JND) of the absolute acceleration level and of the acceleration gradient was chosen and experimentally obtained in a study with 31 participants at the Porsche dynamic driving simulator. The results show that the participants can detect differences of 4.25 % in the absolute level and 13.89 % in the gradient. Since most engine variants typically result in higher differences, this demonstrates that driving simulators enable the subjective evaluation of different engine configurations.
Cite this article
Baumgartner E.; Ronellenfitsch A.; Reuss H.-C. and Schramm D. Perception-Based Powertrain Design Using a Dynamic Driving Simulator In: Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2017 Europe VR, Driving Simulation Association, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017, pp. 25-26
@inproceedings{Baumgartner2017,
title = {Perception-Based Powertrain Design Using a Dynamic Driving Simulator},
author = {Edwin Baumgartner and Andreas Ronellenfitsch and Hans-Christian Reuss and Dieter Schramm},
editor = {Andras Kemeny and Florent Colombet and Frédéric Merienne and Stéphane Espié},
issn = {0769-0266},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-06},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2017 Europe VR},
pages = {25-26},
address = {Stuttgart, Germany},
organization = {Driving Simulation Association},
abstract = {Despite offering numerous advantages, driving simulators are currently not widely used in the powertrain design process. In this research a perceptual approach is presented to assess the use of driving simulators in the powertrain development. It examines to what extent dynamic driving simulators can be utilized to subjectively evaluate the effect of different powertrain variants on the drivability and agility of passenger cars. This is done by systematically evaluating the minimum perceptible difference in longitudinal acceleration profiles. As a quantifiable measure, the just noticeable difference (JND) of the absolute acceleration level and of the acceleration gradient was chosen and experimentally obtained in a study with 31 participants at the Porsche dynamic driving simulator. The results show that the participants can detect differences of 4.25 % in the absolute level and 13.89 % in the gradient. Since most engine variants typically result in higher differences, this demonstrates that driving simulators enable the subjective evaluation of different engine configurations.},
keywords = {driving simulator, just noticeable difference, longitudinal acceleration, powertrain development},
}
TY - CONF TI - Perception-Based Powertrain Design Using a Dynamic Driving Simulator AU - Baumgartner, Edwin AU - Ronellenfitsch, Andreas AU - Reuss, Hans-Christian AU - Schramm, Dieter C1 - Stuttgart, Germany C3 - Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2017 Europe VR DA - 2017/09/06 PY - 2017 SP - 25 EP - 26 LA - en-US PB - Driving Simulation Association SN - 0769-0266 L2 - https://proceedings.driving-simulation.org/proceeding/dsc-2017/perception-based-powertrain-design-using-a-dynamic-driving-simulator ER -
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