Abstract: When arrangements with a repeating working cycle such as, for example, in the case of engine test benches, are being controlled, resonances which have to be damped by the control system are often excited by the test specimen (for example an internal combustion engine) in the working range of the arrangement. The invention proposes for this purpose a control concept in which a modified actual value rist—mod is determined from a current actual value rist—akt of the control system and from a predicted imminent system-delay-free actual value on the basis of the actual value of a previous working cycle, and said modified actual value rist—mod is fed to the control system.

Abstract: A test stand arrangement is connected to at least one electric motor (4) connected to a test specimen (1) for driving and/or loading the test specimen (1) and comprises a control arrangement (6) for the or each electric motor (4). In order to be able to create the connection of the drive train and vehicle simulation with the real, vehicle-specific combustion and dynamic behavior of the engine, at least one model (7) for a multi-mass flywheel is implemented in the control arrangement (6), from which model (7) at least a part of the control requirement for the or each electric motor (4) is calculated and which model (7) contains at least the two masses of the primary and secondary side of the multi-mass flywheel and a substitute model for the or each bow spring, and an algorithm is implemented in the control arrangement (6) that analyzes the model for a multi-mass flywheel by means of an integrated time step method.

Abstract: A test stand arrangement comprises an electric machine (4) for driving and/or loading a test object (1) which is connected by means of a connecting shaft (2) having an adapter flange (3) to the electric machine (4). To be able to establish the connection of the drivetrain and vehicle simulation with the real vehicle-specific combustion and transient behavior of the engine, the arrangement consisting of connecting shaft (2) and drive and load machine (4) has a constant, predetermined moment of inertia, and the mass and the moment of inertia of the adapter flange (3) are selected in such a manner that the resonant frequency of the system consisting of test object (1), adapter flange (3), connecting flange (2), and electric machine (4) for driving and/or loading the test object (1) lies between the idle frequency and the partial load frequency of the test object (1).

Abstract: The course of torque transmitted though a driving shaft (3) between torque generating device (1) to be tested and a driving or loading mechanism (2) is determined during an identification phase in the completely constructed test bench with the use of a rotating driving or loading mechanism (2) at pseudo-stochastic rotational speeds. Determined are thereby parameters describing in a real and current manner the dynamic behavior of the driving shaft (3) whereby the parameters are used as an influence in further testing.

Abstract: The course of torque transmitted though the driving shaft (3) between the torque generating device (1) to be tested and the driving or loading mechanism (2) is determined during an identification phase in the completely constructed test bench with the use of a rotating driving or loading mechanism (2) at pseudo-stochastic rotational speeds. Determined are thereby the parameters describing in a real and current manner the dynamic behavior of the driving shaft (3) whereby said parameters are used as an influence in further testing.

Abstract: In a test bench design consisting at least of an internal combustion engine (1) having its own sensor technology, actuator technology and control devices, a dynamometric brake (2), and a test bench computer (5) controlling the internal combustion engine (1) and the dynamometric brake (2), whereby the computer (5) calculates the control variables for the internal combustion engine (1) and the dynamometric brake (2) based on set point defaults, the object to operate the internal combustion engine (1) with the assistance of the dynamometric brake (2) in the same way as the engine would be operated by the user in a selected vehicle and with the driving profile to be set by the user is achieved by conducting a predefined measurement prior to the actual measurement, which cannot be performed precisely by the user himself, and based on the measurement, parameters of a calculation specification (9) of set point defaults of the control variables are to be determined under consideration of the characteristics of the te

Abstract: Based on a test bench design consisting at least of an internal combustion engine (1) having its own sensor technology, actuator technology and control devices, a dynamometric brake (2), and a test bench computer (5) controlling the internal combustion engine (1) and the dynamometric brake (2), whereby the computer (5) calculates the control variables for the internal combustion engine (1) and the dynamometric brake (2) based on set point defaults, the object to operate the internal combustion engine (1) with the assistance of the dynamometric brake (2) in the same way as the engine would be operated by the user in a selected vehicle and with the driving profile to be set by the user is achieved in that a predefined measurement is conducted prior to the actual measurement, which cannot be performed precisely by the user himself.