Motorsport related

facilities and equipment

Clive Temple
Motorsport and Automotive
Programme Director

September 2018

www.cranfield.ac.uk
Motorsport related facilities and equipment

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 Motorsport related facilities and equipment

• Suite of motorsport race simulators with Cranfield’s state-of-the-art sustained g cueing

• simulated environments for autonomous and semi autonomous vehicles
• Multi User Environment for Autonomous Vehicle Innovation (MUEAVI) test track for autonomous
vehicles and other vehicle types
• Off road test track (in development)
• competition vehicles with instrumentation
• wind tunnels including 8 x 6 moving ground
• composites manufacturing laboratories
• FIA accredited impact sled
• mechanical testing facilities
• high velocity projectile testing unit
• optical high pressure bomb for high speed imaging and laser diagnostics
• materials characterisation equipment
• coatings and surface engineering laboratories
• precision and ultra-precision engineering laboratories
• CFD, CAD and FEA software suites
• mechatronics laboratories with hardware in the loop (HIL) rig
• battery laboratory to support electric vehicle (EV) development
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 Motorsport related facilities and equipment

• electronics and data acquisition equipment

• powertrain dynamometers
• damper dynamometer
• off-road environment simulation unit (ORES) featuring 4 hub
dyno and articulation rig
• moment of inertia (MoI) rig and other MoI testing facilities
• four post shaker rig at Shrivenham
• four post vehicle articulation rig specially designed for off-road applications
• tyre characterisation and modelling facilities
• single wheel tyre test apparatus
• high speed tyre testing rig
• smart winch to evaluate tractive force
• whole-vehicle controlled moisture soil lane featuring a range of surface materials
• brake rigs including dynamometer
• modern workshops in the Intelligent Mobility Engineering Centre (IMEC)
• suite of sector-relevant software including AVL Boost, MATLAB, Simulink, CATIA, LS-Dyna, FLUENT
and STAR-CCM+ deployed on the University’s high performance computer (HPC) facility

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 Motorsport related facilities and equipment

For further information on motorsport and automotive related capabilities and facilities contact:
motorsport@cranfield.ac.uk
Websites:
• Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre (AVEC)
www.cranfield.ac.uk/centres/advanced-vehicle-engineering-centre

• Cranfield Impact Centre (CIC)

www.cranfieldimpactcentre.com/

• Cranfield Simulation (CAeS)

www.cranfieldsimulation.com

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