TRC Inc. has tracks and programs specifically designed to evaluate the unique performance of commercial and heavy-duty vehicles including, transit busses, tractor trailers, delivery vehicles, emergency service vehicles, construction equipment and more. We can duplicate driving routes using acceleration, force, stress, and brake-temperature profiles. The resulting data can be correlated with durability routes on TRC’s roadways. We can alter prototype components, as well as offer comparison testing. Various instrumentation packages can be assembled to measure vehicle parameters, such as temperature, velocity, engine speeds, stress or strain, deflection, load, pressure, and acceleration. Instruments range from visual readouts to full computer data acquisition systems.
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This course is used for brake and low-speed durability testing. This 84-ft. (25.6 m) by 9,000-ft. (2,743m) facility contains five smooth lanes for braking, flanked by two lanes utilized for rough road durability testing. The durability courses contain rough road surfaces, such as resonance, impact and chatter bumps, chuckholes, V-ditches, twists and washboards for testing chassis body and suspension components. This facility also contains six crosswind generators capable of producing wind gusts up to 40mph (64.4 km/h).
Learn MoreThe Vehicle Dynamics Area, which sits on a 50-acre (20-hectare) asphalt pad with an acceleration loop at each end, is a multipurpose facility for vehicle dynamic testing, durability testing, brake testing, performance testing, product demonstrations, and driver training. It also includes the Jennite Pad, where traction trailers are calibrated.
Learn MoreThis course is ideal for durability testing of straight trucks, semi-trailers, motor homes, travel trailers, military vehicles and inadvertent airbag firing tests. The 2,000-foot (609.6 m) by 24-foot (7.3 m) wide course consists of: staggered bumps, sine waves, chuckholes, chatter bumps and a high crown intersection.
Learn MoreThis course is used for brake and low-speed durability testing. This 84-ft. (25.6 m) by 9,000-ft. (2,743m) facility contains five smooth lanes for braking, flanked by two lanes utilized for rough road durability testing. The durability courses contain rough road surfaces, such as resonance, impact and chatter bumps, chuckholes, V-ditches, twists and washboards for testing chassis body and suspension components. This facility also contains six crosswind generators capable of producing wind gusts up to 40mph (64.4 km/h).
Learn MoreThe 7.5-mile (12.1 km) High-speed Oval Test Track contains four asphalt lanes on the front straightaway and curves and five asphalt lanes on the back straightaway. The 7.5-mile (12.1 km) test track’s parabolic banking allows neutral speeds up to 140 mph (225 km/h). The test track features level 2-mile (3.2 km) straightaways and possible tests include: mileage accumulation, brake burnishes, fuel economy, and coastdown testing.
Learn MoreThe Brake Soak is a 25-foot (7.6 m) wide circular water trough containing a 5 percent slope on the outer edge to allow immersion of only half the vehicle’s braking system.
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