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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (2): 290-299.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.02.011

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Research on Lightweight Design of CTB Battery Pack Cover Assembly Based on VRB/OW-GFRP Hybrid Structure

Libin Duan1,Yu Zhang1,Zhanpeng Du1(),Yegang Liu2,Xiangxin Meng2,Guannan Tian2,Haiyang Zheng1,Chuang Wu1   

  1. 1.School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang  212013
    2.Chery Automobile Co. ,Ltd. ,Wuhu  241006
  • Received:2022-06-28 Revised:2022-07-31 Online:2024-02-25 Published:2024-02-23
  • Contact: Zhanpeng Du E-mail:dzp1014@163.com

Abstract:

Cell to body (CTB) is a key technology to improve the endurance mileage of electric vehicles. The VRB/OW-GFRP hybrid structure formed by the variable-thickness rolled blanks (VRB) structure and the orthotropic woven GFRP (OW-GFRP) through the bonding process is an innovative structure, which can reduce the weight of the CTB battery pack, thus improve the endurance mileage of electric vehicles. Taking an electric vehicle as the research object, a CTB battery body integrated structure is designed to realize the integration of the upper cover of the battery pack and the floor of car body. Furthermore, the cover assembly of the uniform thickness (UT) CTB battery pack are replaced by the VRB structure, UT/OW-GFRP and VRB/OW-GFRP hybrid structure. The lightweight design of the upper cover assembly of the three types of CTB battery pack are carried out based on the multi-stage optimization method. The results show that the weight of VRB structure is reduced by 6.4% compared with that of UT structure when the stiffness performance of the CTB battery pack is met. The lightweight level of the upper cover assembly of the CTB battery pack based on the VRB/OW-GFRP hybrid structure is about three times that of the metal structure, with the weight of the VRB/OW-GFRP reduced further by 4.2% compared with that of the UT/OW-GFRP hybrid battery pack upper cover assembly. Thus, the VRB/OW-GFRP hybrid structure is the inevitable trend of the development of automotive lightweight technology in the future, showing a great application prospect in CTB battery pack cover assembly.

Key words: VRB/OW-GFRP, hybrid structure, CTB, battery pack, lightweight