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Currently, vehicle prototypes are used for many purposes: durability testing, crash testing, noise and vibration development, and power train development. The move to a complete virtual prototyping, or ‘zero-prototyping’ environment, will rely increasingly on simulations, and will hinge on the confidence and accuracy attained by these virtual tests. ... (ETA) has developed asset of simulation tools that allow engineers to evaluate the durability, noise and worthiness and crashworthiness of a vehicle design using finite-element analyses. The patented set of tools, called eta/VPG™ (Virtual Proving Ground – US Pat. No US 6,192,745 BI) has been used to create virtual tests of the vehicle structure.
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