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Numerical Analysis of Crashworthiness on Electric Vehicle’s Battery Case with Auxetic Structure

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  • Liviu I. Scurtu

    (Automotive Engineering and Transport Department, Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Avenue, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Ioan Szabo

    (Automotive Engineering and Transport Department, Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Avenue, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Marius Gheres

    (Automotive Engineering and Transport Department, Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Avenue, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Abstract

Due to the reduction in pollutant emissions, the number of electric vehicles has experienced rapid growth in worldwide traffic. Vehicles equipped with batteries represent a greater danger of explosion and fire in the case of traffic accidents, which is why new protective systems and devices have been designed to improve impact safety. Through their design and construction, auxetic structures can ensure the efficient dissipation of impact energy, reducing the risk of battery damage and maintaining the safety of vehicle occupants. In this paper, we analyze the crashworthiness performance of a battery case equipped with an energy absorber with a particular shape based on a re-entrant auxetic model. Simulations were performed at a velocity of 10 m/s and applied to the battery case with a rigid impact pole, a configuration justified by most accidents occurring at a low velocity. The results highlight that by using auxetic structures in the construction of the battery case, the impact can be mitigated by the improved energy absorber placed around the battery case, which leads to a decrease in the number of damaged cells by up to 35.2%. In addition, the mass of the improved energy absorbers is lower than that of the base structure.

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  • Liviu I. Scurtu & Ioan Szabo & Marius Gheres, 2023. "Numerical Analysis of Crashworthiness on Electric Vehicle’s Battery Case with Auxetic Structure," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-18, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:15:p:5849-:d:1212333
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