Development testing has become increasingly important as the sophistication of automotive systems has grown. MillenWorks utilizes a combination of modeling & simulation, laboratory testing, and field testing to develop and validate the performance of subsystems and whole vehicles.

MillenWorks is located within a few hours drive of major test sites that support desert, sand, mountain, littoral, snow, and race track testing. Our engineers create detailed test plans to streamline the testing process and ensure that critical information is gathered. We instrument our test vehicles with the latest data acquisition tools to collect data samples at rates up to 2 kHz. Throughout testing our engineers pour through the data to evaluate the systems under test.

To test our off-road damper systems, MillenWorks constructed a custom heavy duty shock dynamometer. Our system reproduces sampled terrain profiles, random terrain, and sinusoidal inputs. It produces the extreme forces, speeds, and displacements encountered off-road; producing 10,000 lb force and speeds up to 100 in/sec, well beyond that of most commercial systems. The dyno has been utilized by other defense contractors and racing teams to develop their systems.

MillenWorks' tire test rig was constructed in-house to develop our variable stiffness airless wheel. The system is capable of loading a tire radially against a large drum to which bumps of various shapes and sizes are affixed. The tire can have a braking force applied to replicate longitudinal slip, yawed with respect to the direction of rotation to replicate lateral slip, or both simulataneous to replicate combined lateral and longitudinal slip.

MillenWorks' 30 inch inertia roll chassis dynamometer with integral eddy current absorber can accommodate vehicles up to 1,500 HP and speeds up to 200 mph. The absorber is computer controlled to allow RPM step or HP sweep tests and is sized to permit extended testing. This control also permits simulating a vehicle's momentum, aerodynamic drag, and rolling resistance for road load simulation tests. Data from 28 different channels is continuously monitored and recorded during testing.