Tire Modeling Using Extended Tire Features for Vehicle Dynamics Blockset

Dive into the workflow of advanced tire modeling using the Extended Tire Features in Vehicle Dynamics Blockset™. Learn how detailed tire data can significantly improve the accuracy of vehicle dynamics simulations—especially under nonlinear conditions such as combined slip, varying vertical loads, and camber effects.

After a brief overview of tire forces, moments, and angles, walk through a complete, programmatic workflow for working with tire data. You’ll see how to import and preprocess data from formats such as TYDEX, MAT-files, and other common sources, visualize tire behavior, and fit a Magic Formula 6.2 tire model using MATLAB^®. Demonstrations will show you how to calibrate tire models, inspect fitting results, and export them into formats compatible with Simulink^® vehicle models.

You’ll also learn how to integrate the fitted tire model directly into Vehicle Dynamics Blockset tire blocks, run vehicle simulations such as skidpad tests, and evaluate the impact of different tire models on overall vehicle handling. Finally, you’ll take a brief look at the Tire Manager app, offering an alternative workflow for fitting and deploying tire models.

This video is ideal for engineers and student teams working on vehicle dynamics, motorsports, or Formula Student simulations who want to build more realistic and reliable tire models.