Seminar 22nd October 2012 3 p.m. Building 16, Room 2025
US Army TARDEC Ground Vehicle Mobility: Dynamics Modeling, Simulation, & Research
Dr Paramsothy Jayakumar
- Submitter
- Luke Goater
Abstract: The talk presents the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center's modeling and simulation activities, and in particular focuses on ground vehicle mobility. Typical mobility analyses of the Army's ground vehicles are presented as well as technical challenges and on-going research activities are discussed. Some such topics are the integration of nonlinear structures within multibody dynamics, contact and friction nonlinearity, soft soil tire model development, small robot terramechanics, autonomous vehicle dynamics, and GPU parallel processing.
Bio: Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar is a member of the CASSI-Analytics Modeling & Simulation Team of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, & Engineering Center in Warren, Michigan. Previously, he worked for BAE Systems, Ford Motor Company, Altair Engineering, and Engineering Mechanics Research Corporation in the areas of multibody dynamics software development, vehicle dynamics modeling & simulation, simulation technology development, durability load simulation, vehicle instrumentation & loads measurement, and road load engineering. He holds a U.S. patent for a system for virtual prediction of road loads and tire modeling. Dr. Jayakumar received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Dynamics from Caltech, and B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.