Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Virtual Proving Ground Simulation: Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems

EEC-9704242 Haug，艾德/U，爱荷华州 为未来产品开发新车辆和设备所需的时间长、成本高，越来越令人望而却步。 公司和政府越来越多地转向模拟来确定新产品设计的有效性。 开发虚拟试验场的研究将提供产品测试所需的数据，而无需生产昂贵的原型。 爱荷华州大学和德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校联合成立了一个工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC），用于虚拟试验场仿真：机械和机电系统。 大约有十几家公司和联邦机构已承诺成为该中心的成员。 该中心符合工业/大学合作研究中心计划的所有要求。 多大学中心汇集了来自三所大学的研究团队的独特能力（其中两所将获得NSF I/UCRC资金），以解决任何学校都无法单独解决的研究领域。 该中心将利用爱荷华州大学开发的车辆系统模拟的独特能力和设施，作为先前NSF I/UCRC机械系统模拟和设计优化的一部分。 这些能力，加上新增加的爱荷华州大学的国家高级驾驶模拟器（NADS），用于驾驶员在回路中的实时模拟，加上德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校在机电系统模拟和设计方面的专业知识以及奥本大学在车辆地形模拟方面的专业知识，将使拟议的中心能够进行虚拟试验场模拟。 虚拟试验场仿真结合了车辆与其移动的表面之间的相互作用的动力学。 该研究计划包括由中心会员费资助的核心研究项目，以及由会员公司和联邦机构资助的试点项目。 建议的核心研究项目包括： 车辆和设备虚拟试验场建模和仿真、虚拟试验场建模、动态系统仿真、轮胎/轨道-土壤相互作用建模（奥本大学）、虚拟试验场仿真的数值方法、机电系统建模、虚拟试验场环境中的动力系统仿真、基于仿真的动力系统设计以及基于仿真的动力系统测试和评估。 大学开展试点项目的大部分资金将来自国防部和其他联邦机构。 这些项目是在中心的研究计划的基本目标和目的。 他们极大地扩展了中心的研究基础，并有效地引导研究方向，以满足工业需求。 拟议的试点项目是： 基于仿真的混合动力汽车设计、农业设备虚拟试验场、建筑设备虚拟试验场、军用车辆虚拟试验场、火箭系统虚拟试验场、先进机电设备的基于仿真的设计以及关键动力系统部件的基于仿真的测试和评估。 国防部和其他联邦机构将在五年期间提供资金支持试点项目。 主任（主要研究者）和共同主任及其同事都是杰出的研究人员，有资格管理该中心。 该中心由ENG/DMII工程设计计划分担费用，并将与NSF参与新一代车辆（PNGV）计划的机构间合作伙伴关系进行协调。 项目经理建议爱荷华州大学每年获得43，000美元的连续五年奖励。 在每12个月结束时，项目主任和/或工程教育和中心司司长将审查中心的一些更新标准，包括以下内容：1）行业/大学互动的发展程度; 2）支持基础的发展程度; 3）强大的研究计划正在发展的程度。 如果审查结果令人满意，项目主任将建议支持该持续奖励的下一阶段。 建议在五年内为试点项目增拨9 826 236美元。 国防部和其他联邦机构将通过一系列独立的机构间资金转移来为试点项目提供资金，这些资金转移由合作的联邦机构进行，确定每个项目和任务以及分配给它的资金总额。 作为上述内容的一部分，建议为国防高级研究计划局提供资金的一个初步试点项目提供60万美元的一年期奖励。 建议为预期的联邦机构中心成员每年额外授权40万美元，为期五年。

EEC-9704242 Haug, Ed/U of Iowa The long time and high costs of developing new vehicles and equipment for future products are becoming prohibitive. Companies and the Government are increasingly turning to simulation to determine the effectiveness of the design of new products. Research to develop a virtual proving ground will provide the data necessary for product testing without producing expensive prototypes. The University of Iowa and the University of Texas at Austin have joined together to form an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Virtual Proving Ground Simulation: Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems. About a dozen companies and Federal agencies have committed to become members of the Center. The Center meets all requirements of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program. The multi-university Center brings together unique capabilities of research teams from three universities (two of which will receive NSF I/UCRC funds) to address research areas that none of the schools could address alone. The Center will utilize unique capabilities and facilities for vehicle system simulation developed at the University of Iowa as part of a prior NSF I/UCRC in Simulation and Design Optimization of Mechanical Systems. These capabilities, with the new addition of the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) for the driver-in-the-loop real-time simulation, combined with expertise at the University of Texas at Austin in electromechanical system simulation and design and expertise at Auburn University in vehicle-terrain simulation, will allow the proposed Center to do virtual proving ground simulation. Virtual proving ground simulation incorporates the dynamics of the interaction between a vehicle and the surface on which it moves. The research program consists of core research projects funded from center membership fees, and pilot projects funded by both member companies and Federal agencies. The proposed core resea rch projects are: Vehicle and Equipment Virtual Proving Ground Modeling and Simulation, Virtual Proving Ground Modeling, Dynamic System Simulation, Tire/Track-Soil Interaction Modeling (Auburn University), Numerical Methods for Virtual Proving Ground Simulation, Electromechanical System Modeling, Power System Simulation in a Virtual Proving Ground Environment, Simulation-Based Design of Power Systems, and Power System Simulation-Based Testing and Evaluation. The bulk of the funding for the universities to work on pilot projects will come from the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies. These projects are within the fundamental goals and objectives of the Center's research program. They greatly expand the Center's research base and effectively guide the direction of the research to meet industrial needs. The proposed pilot projects are: Simulation-Based Design of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles, Agricultural Equipment Virtual Proving Ground, Construction Equipment Virtual Proving Ground, Military Vehicle Virtual Proving Ground, Rocket System Virtual Proving Ground, Simulation-Based Design of Advanced Electromechanical Devices, and Simulation-Based Testing and Evaluation of Critical Power System Components. The DoD and other Federal agencies will support pilot projects with funds as they become available during the five year period. The Director (Principal Investigator) and co-Director and their colleagues are eminent researchers and uniquely qualified to run this Center. The Center is being cost shared by the Engineering Design Program of ENG/DMII and will be coordinated with NSF's participation in the interagency Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) Program. The Program Manager recommends the University of Iowa be awarded $43,000 annually for a five year continuing award. Near the end of each 12-month period, the Program Director / and or the Division Director of the Engineering Education and Centers Division will review the Center on a number of renewal criteria including the following: 1) the extent to which the industry/university interaction is developing; 2) the extent to which the support base is developing; 3) the extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Director will recommend support for the next period of this continuing award. An additional authorization of $9,826,236 over five years is recommended for pilot projects. Funding of the pilot projects from the DoD and other Federal agencies will occur through a series of separate interagency transfers of funds by the collaborating Federal agencies, identifying each project and task and the total amount of funds that are allocated to it. As part of the above, $600,000 is recommended for a one-year award for an initial pilot project with funds provided by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. An additional authorization of $400,000 annually for five years is recommended for anticipated Federal agency Center memberships.