Els Verlinden

Leave your status quo, accelerate durability testing

October 24, 2017

Learn how combining actual measurements and statistics of a vehicle real-life usage can help to determine the correct road loads parameters to set accurate durability testing targets.

By Els Verlinden
2 MIN READ

Strategies to deliver lighter, stronger and more durable vehicles

September 28, 2017

The pop band Queen knew it already in the late eighties, when they released the song “I want it all”. The next 20 years proved them right. We do want it all, and this also applies for the vehicles we…

By Els Verlinden
2 MIN READ
Daimler

Daimler: Digital twins in durability for the ‘best cars in the world’

June 29, 2017

Daimler cars are said to be the best in the world, also with regards to durability engineering. And no doubt they are. Saying is one thing, but accomplishing this is quite something else. How did the…

By Els Verlinden
< 1 MIN READ

Listen … here goes an electric vehicle

June 20, 2017

Although electric vehicles are significantly quieter than vehicles with an internal combustion engine (ICE), they bring their own noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) challenges. Not only is their hi…

By Els Verlinden
< 1 MIN READ

A bright future for controls engineering

June 25, 2015

Very seldom do you run across a modern product or system that is purely mechanical. Even the most basic item, like a lawn mower, a power tool or a dishwasher has something “smart” or mechatronic abou…

By Els Verlinden
4 MIN READ