F1 team signs for human modelling solutions
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 28, 2005
Toyota Motorsport is to develop racecar cockpits that optimise driver comfort, safety, and ergonomics with the Catia V5 PLM solution for virtual product development.
Toyota Motorsport is to develop racecar cockpits that optimise driver comfort, safety, and ergonomics with the Catia V5 product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for virtual product development.
The Catia V5 human modelling solutions will enable Toyota Motorsport designers to minimise the physiological demands placed on its drivers from heat, noise, vibration and the car's safety restraints.
Using cutting-edge Catia V5 human modelling ergonomics tools, Toyota Motorsport engineers will simulate driver behaviour and measure key criteria such as reach, visibility, comfort, posture, biomechanics, strength and anthropometrics.
This analysis will enable the team to make driver-oriented decisions about cockpit design, while respecting the overall aerodynamics of the racing car body.
To optimise cockpit ergonomics, engineers will first create a digital model of each driver using a combination of laser scanning and manual anthropometrical techniques.
The resulting virtual models will be used to analyse and improve specific accommodation issues such as driver comfort and security, and accessibility and serviceability of components inside the cockpit during pit stops-without the need to involve the actual drivers.
"The cockpit is the nucleus of a racecar", said Waldemar Klemm, IT Manager, Toyota Motorsport .
"It's a very confined space that protects the vital elements of the car, most importantly the driver".
"An improved cockpit, with a comfortably and safely installed driver brings us closer to success at every race".
"The integration of the Catia V5 human modelling ergonomics tools within our PLM product development platform allows us to manage ergonomics data in an efficient and intuitive manner within the overall development process of the entire car".
"We are particularly pleased that Toyota Motorsport has decided to use the Catia V5 human modelling solutions as part of their PLM deployment", said Mark Morrissey, General Manager, Ergonomic Solutions, Dassault Systemes.
"Toyota Motorsport's commitment to integrate their design process, including ergonomics studies for the driver environment, is the type of user scenario we envisioned when we integrated the Safework human modelling technology into the Catia V5 architecture".
The first phase of the Catia V5 human modelling solutions implementation was recently completed when 2005 F1 drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli were measured and laser-scanned at the headquarters in Cologne in order to create the digital models that will be used to simulate and optimise their comfort and performance within the TF105 racing car.
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