time increment

It indicates the arithmetic increment (unit: second) for the simulation. For all real vehicles the time increment should not exceed 0.02 seconds for all real vehicles. With high dynamics (e.g. full-throttle acceleration) an increment of 0.01 seconds is recommended, since otherwise the drive train starts excessive oscillation in the simulation. An increment of 0.1 seconds is normally sufficient for all other applications.

integration algorithm

At the moment, only the Euler Cauchy process can be chosen.

abort condition

An abort is possible after an expired time or distance traveled. Additionally a simulation can be terminated after an accident.

abort value

Enter the distance or time after which the simulation is to be aborted.

backup period

The backup period specifies the increment as a percentage of the simulation duration at which the data to be output written onto the hard disk. If the memory area reserved by PELOPS is full or if an accident occurs in the simulation the program carries out an additional backup.

output interval

The output interval determines after which simulation time the results will be captured for an animation or results evaluation. Thus, only a multiple of the time increment or the time increment itself is sensible as an output interval.

result file abbreviation

The file abbreviation is required to assign the result data to the simulation. Letters and numbers can be used at random here, though the name may only be three characters long