Tuning the Federal Highway Administration's Driving Simulator Motion Base

Details

• Creators:
  Wallick, Barry ; Williams, Jason ; Arnold, Michelle
• Corporate Creators:
  AAI Corporation ; Textron Systems
• Contributors:
  Yang, C. Y. David
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Driving simulators Automobile driving simulators
  • Automotive--Research--United States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-16-067;HRDS-30/04-18(WEB)E
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Yang, David
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety Research and Development
• Abstract:
  The Highway Driving Simulator (HDS) was recently upgraded to a six-degrees-of-freedom motion-base system. The objective of the upgrade was to enhance the realism of the simulator. A motion-base-tuning process ensured that the new motion-base system enhanced the realism of the simulator. This report describes the tuning of the motion base and adjusting of the simulator system functions in the HDS’s six-degrees-of-freedom motion-base system. The tuned configuration, in conjunction with the other systems, produces an immersive and realistic driving simulation that will support human factors evaluations for highway design.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-13-C-00001
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37549/dot_37549_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 911.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d3ab1173dcb24df621d05f94a10f3957fe13670f51318a9088a225b298cd32c683a7f6a8200ff917d61e87ddde9d8bbd0d52edceb0b32287da77c98fc5e9958