Topology optimization for crashworthiness and structural design of a battery electric vehicle

Electric vehicles have become the main trend of the future development of the automotive industry due to their advantages such as energy conservation and environmental protection, strong acceleration capability, and low noise. This paper uses a volume-produced fuel passenger vehicle P5 as a prototyp...

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Published in:International journal of crashworthiness 2021-11, Vol.26 (6), p.651-660
Main Authors: Zhang, Junyuan, Ning, Linan, Hao, Yumin, Sang, Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile industry
BEV
Crashworthiness
Design optimization
Electric vehicles
Energy conservation
Environmental protection
ESL
Impact strength
lightweight design
Low noise
Optimization
passive safety
Static loads
Stiffness
Structural design
Structural engineering
Topology
Topology optimization
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Summary:Electric vehicles have become the main trend of the future development of the automotive industry due to their advantages such as energy conservation and environmental protection, strong acceleration capability, and low noise. This paper uses a volume-produced fuel passenger vehicle P5 as a prototype. Based on the given driving mode and traction battery pack layout of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) EP5, considering the static stiffness and crashworthiness simultaneously, the equivalent static load (ESL) method is used to perform multi-load topology optimization on the body-in-white (BIW) of the BEV. Then the load paths of EP5 are proposed. The front-end structures of the vehicle body are redesigned by using topology optimization and size optimization, which improve crashworthiness and fully tap the lightweight potential of EP5.
ISSN:1358-8265
1754-2111
DOI:10.1080/13588265.2020.1766644