The development of new types of vehicle powertrains and vehicle components presents the automotive industry with numerous challenges.
Our winEVA software provides our customers with a powerful tool that simulates the processes in the powertrain and delivers meaningful data on fuel consumption, emissions and vibrations. winEVA is used for the development of powertrains with piston engines, gas turbines, electric motors with battery storage or fuel cells, hybrid drives, etc.

Test rigs are also controlled in real time with winEVA. The online test rig control in winEVA enables the specification of realistic driving manoeuvres under representative loads of the powertrain components and takes into account the requirements of electrified drive systems.

Realistic driving cycles are essential for predicting fatigue life, emissions and fuel consumption. The winADAM measurement data acquisition system was developed for this purpose. Installed in every vehicle in just 1 minute, winADAM collects extensive data without additional sensors.

To calculate the fatigue life of a wide range of components, from vehicles to wind turbines, our customers have access to winLIFE, a reliable software with various modules. Structural analyses with regard to fatigue life are carried out with FEM and MKS systems in order to find the best one from the multitude of possibilities. Data from other FE programmes are read in via a flexible interface.

We have been a recognised and reliable partner to industry for more than 30 years. The satisfaction of our customers is our most important asset. That is why we are constantly developing our software according to the latest findings and accompany our customers in the realisation of their projects.

 

Simulation of powertrain, fuel consumption, emissions and vibrations with winEVA

We have been simulating the powertrains of road vehicles for more than 30 years.

Drives with piston engines, gas turbines, electric motors with battery storage or fuel cells, hybrid drives etc. have been investigated.

The winEVA software package developed by us for this purpose covers all these topologies and is used as a powerful simulation tool with more than 100 licenses sold, primarily in the automotive industry.

 

 

 

 

 

Real-time control of test rigs with winEVA

Our software winEVA is used for real-time control of test rigs.

The online test rig control in winEVA enables the specification of realistic driving manoeuvres under representative loads on the powertrain components and the consideration of requirements of electrified powertrain systems.

 

 

 

 

Further development of e-bikes with winEVA

We support Aalen University in the further development of pedelecs.

Using our software winEVA we simulate the non-uniformity of the powertrain torque of the pedals and implement typical electric engine control and rider shifting behaviour of a pedelec in winEVA. The measured data of various pedelec rides are used as the route.

 

 

 

 

Fatigue life analysis with winLIFE

By means of computational prediction, we analyse the fatigue life of various components from vehicles to wind turbines.

We design and calculate novel vehicle components using FE methods and life cycle prediction. Structural analyses with regard to fatigue life are carried out with FEM and MBS systems in order to find the optimal one from the multitude of possibilities.

For these services we have developed the software tool winLIFE, which is successfully used by our customers.

We advise and support our customers from the purchase of the software winLIFE to the realization of their projects. We also examine questions of damage analysis.

 

Transfer award of the Steinbeis Foundation

The Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award - Löhn Award - is given for outstanding projects and achievements in entrepreneurial knowledge and technology transfer.

Together with our project partner, Mercedes Benz AG in Stuttgart, we received the award for our innovative and future-oriented software development in the field of Real-time control of passenger car powertrain test benches for realistic vehicle testing.