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Modal Analysis of a Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Vehicles

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  • Nicholas Gordon Garafolo

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

  • Siamak Farhad

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

  • Manindra Varma Koricherla

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

  • Shihao Wen

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

  • Roja Esmaeeli

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

Abstract

The battery pack in electric vehicles is subjected to road-induced vibration and this vibration is one of the potential causes of battery pack failure, especially once the road-induced frequency is close to the natural frequency of the battery when resonance occurs in the cells. If resonance occurs, it may cause notable structural damage and deformation of cells in the battery pack. In this study, the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a commercial pouch lithium-ion battery (LIB) are investigated experimentally using a laser scanning vibrometer, and the effects of the battery supporting methods in the battery pack are presented. For this purpose, a test setup to hold the LIB on the shaker is designed. A numerical analysis using COMSOL Multiphysics software is performed to confirm that the natural frequency of the designed test setup is much higher than that of the battery cell. The experimental results show that the first natural frequency in the two-side supported and three-side supported battery is about 310 Hz and 470 Hz, respectively. Although these frequencies are more than the road-induced vibration frequencies, it is recommended that the pouch LIBs are supported from three sides in battery packs. The voltage of the LIB is also monitored during all experiments. It is observed that the battery voltage is not affected by applying mechanical vibration to the battery.

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  • Nicholas Gordon Garafolo & Siamak Farhad & Manindra Varma Koricherla & Shihao Wen & Roja Esmaeeli, 2022. "Modal Analysis of a Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Vehicles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-11, July.
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