Patent ID: 7680639

Claim:
A method for simulating driving behavior of a vehicle having driving wheels on a test stand comprising the following steps: a) positioning the vehicle on the test stand; b) coupling an engine of the vehicle on the test stand to an electronically controllable braking apparatus; c) calculating a series of simulation values of variables by a simulation model, which values are representative of a driving state of the vehicle considering a reaction of the vehicle to a behavior of the engine and further considering values of the variables as determined in an immediately prior calculation, d) calculating a first vehicle speed representing a vehicle speed considering slip of the tires of the driving wheels; e) calculating a virtual vehicle speed derived from the first vehicle speed corrected by a factor k being a function of the slip of the tires of the driving wheels; f) controlling the engine of the vehicle on the test stand by using the first vehicle speed; and g) controlling the electronically controllable braking apparatus by using the virtual vehicle speed.