127962 20241125101158.0 doi 10.3390/en16196892 sideral 135009 ART-2023-135009 eng Olona, Ana Influence of Traction Battery Arrangement on Risk of Thermal Runaway and Loads Suffered by Electric Vehicle Occupant during Side Collision 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted In the current electric vehicles, the purpose of the traction battery is to store energy. When designing this battery, different parameters are considered to arrange the battery/module/cells in the mechanically and thermally safest configuration. Moreover, the battery layout must produce correct dynamic behavior during collisions. In the present study, different battery configurations plus added energy absorbers were analyzed. To achieve this, an internal combustion vehicle modeled with finite elements was applied as the reference model. The structural behavior of the different battery configurations in the event of a side collision was examined. First, the safest arrangement was established with respect to both cabin intrusion and thermal runaway propagation. Second, the safest arrangement that guarantees the safety of the occupants in the event of a side collision was analyzed using MADYMO. This software includes experimentally validated dummies that allow insight into the stresses experienced by occupants. The results of the analysis showed that battery pack inclusion in the vehicle increases the stiffness of the car floor, resulting in fewer intrusions into the passenger compartment. Therefore, safety of the occupants is increased. However, none of the configurations analyzed showed sufficient safety against thermal runaway. This study contains sufficient contributions to the new body of knowledge, since there is no study that analyzes the safest configuration in terms of battery behavior with respect to intrusion into the passenger compartment and the effect of thermal runaway, together with the fact that this is the safest configuration for occupants after analyzing the injuries they experience in a side collision for the different configurations. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/DI 4/2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.0 2023 ENERGY & FUELS 108 / 171 = 0.632 2023 Q3 T2 0.651 2023 Engineering (miscellaneous) 2023 Q1 Energy (miscellaneous) 2023 Q2 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2023 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2023 Q2 Control and Optimization 2023 Q2 Fuel Technology 2023 Q2 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2023 Q2 6.2 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Castejón, Luis Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9007-1560 Valladares, David Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6046-4558 5004 530 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Ingen.e Infraestr.Transp. 5004 545 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Ingeniería Mecánica 16, 19 (2023), 6892 [26 pp.] ENERGIES Energies 1996-1073 12527978 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127962/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2673515 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127962/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:127962 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:10:19 ARTICLE