Finite element modeling of electric vehicle power battery pack and its influence analysis and test research at body-in-white stage

Abstract

Compared with the design of traditional fuel vehicles, the design of electric vehicles has its uniqueness, consisting mainly in that the body design must be able to adapt to the new power system and its layout. Power battery pack is an important factor affecting the body design of electric vehicles. In order to study the modeling of power battery packs and its impact on body performance, it was proposed to use the finite element method for modeling the power battery pack and analyzing its influence on the performance of the body-in-white. Based on a certain electric vehicle, the basic body-in-white model and the body-in-white model with the mass point addition and the refined model of the power battery pack were established, the static stiffness of the body-in-white simulation results of different models were compared and analyzed, and finally the effectiveness of the simulation model was verified through bench tests. Based on this effective model, the influence of the power battery pack on the modal and strength of the body-in-white was analyzed. The results show that the established refined model of the power battery pack has higher computational accuracy. Besides, the power battery pack can significantly increase the static stiffness of the electric vehicle body-in-white, effectively optimize the first-order torsion frequency and the first-order front cabin yaw frequency of the body-in-white, reduce the first-order bending frequency of the body-in-white, and greatly increase the risk of static strength failure of the body-in-white. In the setting of body performance goals and structural development, the influence of the power battery pack cannot be ignored.