Development of a vehicle operational stability simulation system with VR-based instruments

Operational stability is a major concern of vehicle manufacturers, and virtual reality (VR) simulation has been paid much attention in this field. On the other hand, virtual instruments (VI) have also been used widely, but itpsilas limited to 2D applications only. By combining VI and VR, this paper discusses the development of a VR-based vehicle operational stability simulation system, including the configuration and architecture of the simulation system and its geometrical modeling, kinetic modeling and dynamic modeling. Furthermore, development of VR-based instruments is also discussed. Finally an example is given to show the initial effect of this approach, and the result shows that though for the moment itpsilas still not used widely, VR can play a very active and attractive role in the development of vehicle simulation systems and virtual instruments.