R&D

In this division; the environmental effects representing the real operating conditions are applied to the vehicle by using dedicated testing laboratories. Thus, the structural and thermal loads that could act on the vehicle during its life can be applied in an accelerated manner. The areas of operation can be listed as durability, fatigue mechanism, vibration, noise, and thermo-aerodynamic systems. On the hydraulic road simulator; reverse transfer matrices of the vehicle suspension systems are calculated to convert the road data into simulation data, and accelerated durability tests of the body/suspension components of the vehicles are performed. Similarly; motion simulations are carried out and the performance of military vehicle fire control systems are tested on the six degrees of freedom Hexapod simulator. In the climatic chamber with dynamometer; humidity-temperature checks and vehicle load simulations are performed to simulate the environmental conditions in different geographic regions of the world, and the heating and cooling systems and subsystem thermal behaviours of the vehicles in different climates are studied.

 

In this division; work is performed in respect of electromagnetic interference and compatibility. Testing and analysis activities are conducted in order to ensure that the system and subsystem electronics may function without being affected by the electromagnetic environment they are operating, or without affecting other devices and systems operating in the same environment. In such scope, the conducted and radiated immunity and emission tests are carried out in the Otokar Anechoic chamber representing open air testing conditions. EMC analysis are conducted in respect of radar cross-section area optimisation, antenna placement and interaction. EMC tests can be performed in compliance with the international military and commercial testing standards. These include, but not limited to, MIL-STD-461E/F, 2004/104/EC, 2009/64/EC, ECE R10-04 and MIL-STD-464. The Otokar EMI/EMC Test Centre operates in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 ‘’General Requirements for the Competence of Testing Laboratories’’, the scope of which can be accessed via the website of TÜRKAK, the Turkish Accreditation Agency.