Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department
Aeronautics and Astronautics
First Advisor
WEINONG W CHEN
Committee Member 1
THOMAS SIEGMUND
Committee Member 2
CHARLES R KENLEY
Abstract
For current electric vehicles, batteries are employed only as an energy source. Due to safety concerns, the space for battery storage is co-allocated with passenger space, which would constrain the design for the vehicle. An architectured multifunctional battery-structure material, namely Granular Battery Assembly (GBA), has been proposed by Tsutsui et al., 2014. Such a material system utilizes the deformation of sacrificing tubes to dissipate impact energy and protect the battery cells, thereby allowing the batteries to be placed in the front crumple zone of an electric vehicle, while also ensuring occupant safety.
Recommended Citation
Kukreja, Jaspreet Singh, "CRASH ANALYSIS OF A CONCEPTUAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH A MULTIFUNCTIONAL BATTERY SYSTEM" (2015). Open Access Theses. 1148.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1148