The Vehicle Dynamics Library (VDL) is a Dymola-based Modelon solution for simulation of road vehicle dynamics. With VDL it is straight-forward to define virtual tests of both whole vehicles and subsystems. A comparison of a vehicle’s performance, with and without active safety systems, is just a few button-clicks away. At the same time the load transfer within a suspension can be examined in detail. As such, VDL can play a significant role in vehicle dynamics educations at universities and the goal is to provide academia with a tool for virtual experimentation. The scope of this thesis work is to derive a package with exercises based on VDL that covers the scope of a vehicle dynamics introductory course.

Student profile: One or two highly motivated and skilled students with interest in vehicle dynamics and didactics.