Project Chrono
| Project Chrono | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Alessandro Tasora, Radu Serban, Dan Negrut et al. |
| Release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 10.0.0
/ March 27, 2026 |
| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Type | Multi-physics engine |
| License | BSD License |
| Website | projectchrono |
| Repository | github |
Project Chrono is a physics engine developed by University of Parma, University of Wisconsin-Madison and members of its open source community. It supports simulating rigid and soft body dynamics, collision detection, vehicle dynamics, fluid-solid interaction (SPH, TDPF), deformable terrain, and granular dynamics, among other physical systems. The latest developments are in the area of sensor simulation, robotics simulation, human-autonomous agent interaction (real-time simulation), and autonomous vehicle simulation, where the emphasis is on off-road scenarios. Parts of the code run on the GPU, multi-core CPUs, and distributed memory architectures via MPI. It is used at tens of universities, in industry, and federal research labs.
The project is under active development, current project sponsors include the US Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Department of Transportation. Project Chrono is used by the US Army for simulating wheeled and tracked vehicles.