How Dana Cut Powertrain Evaluation Time from Weeks to 1 Day
Discover how Dana Advanced Engineering used Simcenter Amesim to design the Spicer PowerBoost Hydraulic-Hybrid System, achieving up to 40% fuel savings and cutting development time by 5x.
Meeting strict environmental emissions standards while ensuring off-highway equipment delivers maximum power requires next-generation powertrain architectures. Dana Advanced Engineering applied a model-based systems engineering approach with Simcenter Amesim to simulate complex hydraulic, mechanical, and control systems together. This virtual environment allowed engineers to capture kinetic energy, optimize control algorithms, and validate hybrid architectures before physical prototype testing.
What You’ll Learn Inside This Case Study:
- Achieve 20 to 40 Percent Fuel Savings: How capturing kinetic drivetrain energy as hydrostatic power enables engine downsizing without sacrificing vehicle performance.
- Evaluate Modifications in 1 Day: How replacing physical test bench loops with virtual system simulations accelerates design iterations by a factor of 5.
- Integrate Multi-Domain Systems: How pre-packaged libraries simplify complex multi-physics modeling across mechanical, hydraulic, and accumulator components.
- Co-Simulate Control Algorithms: How seamless integration with MATLAB and Simulink enables controls testing in simulation to prevent hardware damage.
This Case Study is Meant For:
Powertrain Systems Engineers, Hydraulic System Designers, Controls Development Engineers, Off-Highway R&D Directors, and Heavy Equipment Engineering Leads.
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