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Printed: June, 2013, The Netherlands Publisher TNO PO Box 756 5700 AT Helmond The Netherlands 4 MF-Tyre/MF-Swift 6.2 Table of Contents 1 Rele..a..s..e... .N...o..t.e...s.................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Conte..n..t.s. .o..f. .t.h..e.. .6....2.. .R..e..l.e..a..s.e.. .............................................................................................................. 6 2 Com..p...a..t.i.b...i.l.i.t.y.. .T...a..b...l.e......................................................................................................................... 9 3 Lic.e...n..s..e... .M...a..n...u..a..l............................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Lice.n..s.i.n..g.. .S...e..t. .U..p.. ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.2 The .L..i.c..e..n..s.e.. .S...e..r.v..e..r. .M...a..n..a..g..e..r. ......................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Startin.g.. .t.h..e.. .L..i.c..e..n..s..e.. .S..e..r..v..e..r. .M...a..n..a..g..e..r. .o..n.. .U..N...IX... .P..la..t.f..o..r.m...s............................................................................................................... 12 3.2.1.1 Ma..n..u..a..l. .S..t.a..r.t................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2.1.2 Au..t.o..m...a..t.ic.. .S...t.a..r.t........................................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2.2 Startin.g.. .t.h..e.. .L..i.c..e..n..s..e.. .S..e..r..v..e..r. .M...a..n..a..g..e..r. .o..n.. .W...i.n..d..o..w...s........................................................................................................................ 13 3.2.2.1 Ma..n..u..a..l. .S..t.a..r.t................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 3.2.2.2 Au..t.o..m...a..t.ic.. .S...t.a..r.t........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Lice.n..s.e.. .T..r..o..u..b..l.e..s.h..o..o..t.i.n..g.. .G...u..i.d..e.. ..................................................................................................... 15 4 Tec...h..n...i.c..a..l. .S...u..p...p..o...r.t........................................................................................................................ 17 4.1 Cont.a..c..t. .I.n..f.o..r.m...a..t.i.o..n.. ........................................................................................................................ 17 5 Us.e..r.. .M...a..n...u..a..l................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1 Intro.d..u..c..t.i.o..n.. .................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1.1 MF-Ty.r.e........................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1.2 MF-Sw...if..t........................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 5.2 Mod.e..l. .U..s..a..g..e.. .................................................................................................................................. 23 5.2.1 Simula.t.i.o..n.. .G...u..id..e..l.i.n..e..s...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.2.2 Dynam..i.c..s.. .M..o..d..e............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.2.3 Tyre m..o..d..e..l. .o..p..e..r.a..t.i.n..g.. .m..o..d..e..s........................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.2.3.1 ISW....IT..C...H....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 5.2.4 Suppo.r..t.e..d.. .o..p..e..r.a..t.i.n..g.. .m..o..d..e..s............................................................................................................................................................ 28 5.2.5 Conve.n..t.i.o..n..s.................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 5.2.6 Tyre m..o..d..e..l. .o..u..t.p..u..t.......................................................................................................................................................................... 30 5.3 Tyre. .P..r..o..p..e..r.t.y.. .F..i.l.e.. .......................................................................................................................... 32 5.3.1 Overv.i.e..w......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 5.3.2 Reduc.e..d.. .I.n..p..u..t. .D..a..t.a.. .R...e..q..u..ir..e..m..e..n..t.s.................................................................................................................................................. 33 5.3.3 Scalin.g.. .f.a..c..t.o..r.s................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 5.3.4 Backw..a..r..d.. .c..o..m..p..a..t.i.b..i.li.t.y................................................................................................................................................................... 34 5.3.5 Tyre m..o..d..e..l. .s..e..t.t.in..g..s......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 5.3.6 Miscel.l.a..n..e..o..u..s................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 5.3.7 Param.e..t.e..r.s.. .i.n.. .t.h..e.. .T..y..r.e.. .P..r..o..p..e..r.t.y.. .F..i.le............................................................................................................................................... 39 5.4 Road.. .D...a..t.a.. .F..i.l.e.. ............................................................................................................................... 47 5.4.1 TNO R.o..a..d.. .T..y..p..e..s............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 5.4.2 TNO O..p..e..n..C..R..G... .R..o..a..d....................................................................................................................................................................... 53 5.5 Mult.i.-.B..o..d..y.. .S..i.m...u..l.a..t.i.o..n.. .P..a..c..k..a..g..e..s. .................................................................................................... 56 5.6 Refe.r..e..n..c.e..s.