This paper presents the construction of a heavy truck powertrain model used to reproduce and analyze instability phenomena, sometimes called “surge phenomena”. In this study the LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim is used because it contains numerous specific model libraries that limits the development work necessary and is based on an advanced numerical integrator. The model developed helped to better understand the system, and allows to test by simulation different solutions, such as the change in the injection map or the modification of the stiffness of the wheel shafts.
