Simcenter Testlab is the test-side counterpart to Simcenter 3D — used by NVH, durability, and modal-testing teams to acquire data from physical prototypes, process it, and correlate against simulation models.
Capabilities
- Modal analysis — experimental modal-parameter extraction from impact / shaker tests.
- Vibroacoustic testing — sound-power, sound-quality, transfer-path analysis.
- Durability — accelerated road-load data acquisition and post-processing.
- Test–simulation correlation — direct comparison, model validation, model updating.
Where testing remains essential
Even on the most aggressive simulation-driven programmes, physical test is the validation gate. Testlab is the tool that gets test data into the same data-model as the simulation team uses, so correlation actually happens.