Industry Leading
Railway Dynamics
Software
Cost-effective analysis of railway dynamic performance and safety through simulation.
Latest news: Vampire Pro offer to IMechE Railway Challenge!
AtkinsRéalis is proud to be supporting the IMechE Railway Challenge by offering participating teams free access to Vampire Pro for the duration of the competition.
Use of Vampire Pro by Railway Challenge teams will empower them to simulate and assess the performance of their locomotives prior to manufacture, and thereby refine their designs before the competition weekend. For more details, click here.
Overview
Vampire Pro by AtkinsRéalis is an industry-leading railway dynamics simulation package that has been developed and optimised specifically for the railway industry, enabling cost-effective analysis of rail vehicle performance and safety through simulation.
Vampire Pro is used by railway organisations, administrations, companies and accademics throughout the world and has demonstrated its capabilities against various international benchmarks.
Vampire Pro enables users to build dynamic models of rail vehicles and study the response of the vehicles to measured track geometry and other user-defined inputs and external forces.
Proven Pedigree
The Vampire package was formed in the late 1980's from the combination of an extensive suite of analysis programs developed, tested and validated by British Rail Research. The package has been continuously developed ever since and is now known as Vampire Pro.
AtkinsRéalis acquired the rights to develop, support and license Vampire following the decision by Resonate, the previous developers of VAMPIRE®, to withdraw from vehicle dynamics consultancy and freeze their version of VAMPIRE® at its 2018 version (Version 6.60).
AtkinsRéalis released its first version of Vampire Pro (Version 7.00) in April 2020 and the latest general release (Version 8.00) was released in June 2022.
The Vampire Advantage
- Value: Vampire Pro is a powerful and adaptable tool but one of the most affordable railway dynamics simulation packages.
- Recognition: Vampire Pro is recognised throughout the world as the leading railway dynamics simulation tool.
- Licensing Flexibility: AtkinsRéalis offers a range of licensing options to support business and user needs.
- Economics: The time and effort required to carry out assessments in Vampire is typically shorter than other railway dynamic simulation tools, reducing the cost and timescale of your projects.
Vampire Technical Benefits
- Fast Simulation: Vampire simulation speed is often 10 times faster than general purpose Multibody Simulation (MBS) packages, allowing many simulations to be performed in a short time frame.
- Rapid Model Building: Typically, it is at least 4 times faster to build a model in Vampire than in some other MBS tools.
- Easy to Learn: A 3-day training course is enough for users to be confident to build their own models and perform simulations using all of the advanced Vampire Pro features.
- Intuitive User Interface: The intuitive Vampire Pro front end allows quick and efficient management and execution of the simulation.
- All in One: The Vampire Pro package offers a suite of over 30 programs under a single front end, eliminating the requirement to procure and use other software packages to create, analyse and present results.
- Automation: Vampire Pro allows simulations to be automatically repeated for varying input conditions, supports third-party programs and can be driven from other applications.
- Standard Tools: Vampire Pro exports graphs, videos, and data in standard Windows formats to greatly speed up the creation of reports.
- Extensibility: Vampire Pro can be extended using User Subroutines allowing the user to create bespoke simulations, such as development of control systems.
Benefits of Licensing from AtkinsRéalis
Vampire Pro is developed and supported by AtkinsRéalis' Dynamics, Gauging and Testing team and provides the following benefits to our customers:
- World Leading Expertise: Our team is the largest railway dynamics team in the UK and one of the best in the world, comprised of many developers and support staff with decades of Vampire experience.
- Continued Development: AtkinsRéalis is committed to developing Vampire. AtkinsRéalis has already released three versions of Vampire Pro since it took over development and is now working towards the next release.
- Expert Support: Vampire Pro is supported by team of expert railway dynamicists, covering the use of the software as well as providing technical assistance on vehicle modelling and simulation issues.
- Training Courses: AtkinsRéalis provides training courses both on railway dynamics and the use of Vampire Pro.
Members Area
To access the latest Vampire software releases and download other supporting files and information please login to the Vampire area on our clyx.net portal. You can also raise online helpdesk calls for the Vampire team through the portal.
Contact Us
For more information on Vampire licensing, training, support, software capabilities and consultancy please contact us using one of the options below.
Email : vampire@atkinsrealis.com
Tel : +44 1332 225882