Case Study: Smedley’s Engineers improves heavy vehicle manoeuvrability with Hexagon Adams

Assessing the Performance of Heavyweight Vehicles using Adams

Smedley’s Engineers faced a challenge in simulating the dynamics of innovative heavy vehicle configurations. Their existing template-based software restricted them to pre-defined vehicle models, limiting their ability to design and assess new multi-unit combinations like long road trains for Australia's Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme.

Hexagon's MSC Adams Car software provided the solution, giving the team the freedom to precisely model complex vehicle systems without template restrictions. This allowed for efficient simulation of maneuvers and the use of the Adams Tyre Fit Tool for virtual tyre testing. As a result, Smedley’s Engineers found Hexagon's solution to be the most powerful and flexible tool they have used, leading them to explore further integration with other Hexagon MSC software for advanced component analysis.

Smedley’s Engineers