GT-SUITE enables engineers to perform layout, wrapping, static analysis, and dynamic response simulation of timing and auxiliary drive systems.
Solution Overview
Timing and accessory drives were once designed in isolation from the crankshaft and camshaft they serve. That separation misses something important: the response of these drives shapes how the entire system behaves.
GT-SUITE links timing drive models directly to existing crankshaft and camshaft models, so engineers can study bearing loads, torsional vibration, and bending effects without switching tools. Static layout and dynamic response run in a single model, built in a single environment.
Application Highlights
Advanced Features
Advanced chain, belt, gear, and tensioner modeling for accurate analysis of drive system dynamics, performance, and durability.
Choose from lumped/Hertzian, helical/bevel/hypoid, or fully flexible gear models to match the required level of detail at any design stage, balancing simulation accuracy with computational efficiency across the full development cycle.
Perform high-fidelity 2D gear tooth contact kinematics or switch to equivalent mesh stiffness for faster turnaround, both delivering accurate transmission error and force predictions for NVH and durability assessments.
Model interconnected gear, chain, and belt subsystems within a single unified environment, eliminating the need for separate tools when analyzing complex powertrain drive architectures.
Quantify slip at each pulley and evaluate hub loads critical to bearing design and durability, directly supporting decisions on belt pre-tension, pulley sizing, and accessory integration.
Simulate hydraulic and mechanical belt and chain tensioners under realistic operating conditions, including start-stop and load-reversal events, with tensioner arm motion and belt tension limits evaluated against design constraints to prevent mechanical failure.
Run steady-state analyses for baseline performance or fully transient simulations including speed ramps and start-stop cycles, ensuring the drive system is validated across all critical operating conditions.
