My apologies. You can ignore the second question as you Radu Serban previously answered <https://groups.google.com/g/projectchrono/c/rSo57qLvAwk/m/JZ1E8EGtAQAJ> this for me (never got the notification).
On Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 11:39:54 AM UTC-8 Trevor Vidano wrote: > Hi Project Chrono, > > tl;dr: > > - Can you help me make the strongest argument for the credibility of > using Project Chrono Vehicle in researching automotive control? > - Do you have validation studies, or sources, for the various models > in the Project Chrono Vehicle database? > - Can you port the vehicles implemented in NADS to Project Chrono? > > > Dan Negrut recently gave a seminar at UC Davis, which inspired me to take > another look at Project Chrono (I had come across it back in version 6 or > so). I currently am researching front steering control of autonomous ground > vehicles. The research standard (what appears most often in literature) > appears to be to use CarSim for this. I have been told that the industry > standard (what many OEMs use) is Adams/Car. > > In research, open-source projects are immensely useful because they enable > free exchange and repeatability of research efforts. Unfortunately, CarSim > is rather expensive ($6000/year or $14000 for an indefinite license). I > have not looked into Adams/Car pricing. > > I would like to argue that Project Chrono Vehicle should become the new > research standard for automotive control research. However, this requires > arguing that Project Chrono's credibility is at or beyond that of CarSim's. > > I have studied multi-body dynamics a little bit (a Graduate class taught > by Prof. Haug), and I am quite convinced of Project Chrono's credibility > because of the validation studies you have online, the funding sources, the > list of current and past users, the main developers, as well as the > extensive capability of the codebase. Could you help me with making a > strong argument for this? > > When doing automotive control research, I understand that the gold > standard is to have an experimentally validated model of an existing > vehicle. However, in most literature using CarSim as a virtual vehicle, it > appears that a generic vehicle (one that does not exist in real life but > behaves like a realistic vehicle) is sufficient for the validation of > control algorithms. I am only aware of the validation study comparing > Project Chrono Vehicle to Adams/Car, and I am guessing that the vehicle > model used in that study is the Generic Wheeled Vehicle > <https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono/tree/main/data/vehicle/generic>. > However, I can't be sure. I also am assuming that the validation study is > quite old, but that it is still valid because I am assuming new releases > make improvements. There are numerous other vehicle models in the > repository, but I am not aware of their sources or if any of them are > validated. If possible could you share what you can about the source and > validation work (if any) of these vehicle models? > > I have also considered implementing the vehicles developed for the > National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) in Project Chrono. However, > checking that the constructed model matches the original NADS > implementation is mostly eyeballing (or guesswork) without the raw data > from the NADS experiments. Since some of the Project Chrono developers > have a connection to NADS (I think?) is it possible to get this data or > port those models to Project Chrono? > > Thank you, > > Trevor > PhD Candidate at UC Davis > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/85b1ffa3-3ee5-4d36-be77-cd9f1f26e8b6n%40googlegroups.com.
