Simulation of wiring harnesses and hoses for product design and manufacturing

In this paper a physically accurate real time cable sim-ulation is presented and validated. The simulation method is fully integrated in Virtual Reality, which increases the us-ability and the sense for physical realism. The influence of predeformation, non-homogeneous cross sections and dif-ferent taping of the bundles will be analyzed and compared to the simulation. The simulation is validated with respect to the physical behavior of real cables and bundles. Ma-terial properties like stiffness and density are measured of every specimen. To avoid further expensive measurements, a way to determine bending and torsional stiffness numer-ically with the knowledge of the cross section is presented and analyzed. 1