Benchmark

Benchmarks are standardized reference multibody systems used for modeling verifications and numerical validations. Robotran benchmarks have two distinct purposes:

• Validate the Robotran formalism itself, through the resolution of international reference benchmarks;
• Propose internal self-consistent applications as references for any multibody user who intends to validate his own approach.

In addition to the validation purpose, Robotran benchmarks also allow to highlight particular modeling features of the studied systems, i.e. tire/ground contact on a non-flat surface or sophisticated wheel/rail contact with complex profiles, complex 3D kinematic loops of bodies, etc.

Illustrated below are some projects for which multibody benchmarks have been carried out with Robotran.