Theses on special topics
DU Xue-jing, CHEN Zhan-li
Journal of Machine Design.
2020, 37(11):
33-41.
In order to explore the low-speed frontal-collision crashworthiness of pure electric SUV and improve its insurance level, in this article, according to the European RCAR low-speed crash test procedure, the ANSA software is used to set up the low-speed fr ontal-collision finite-element model for pure electric SUV; by means of the LS-DYNA and HyperView software, the analysis is conducted on the deformation and energy absorption of the key components of the front end of electric SUV. For the problem of insufficient crashworthiness, the structure and parameters are optimized from the aspects of rigidity and strength. The results show that the crashworthiness of the key components of the front end improves as a whole, the energy absorption and deformation obviously improve, and the compression distance of the energy-absorption box is 111.8 mm, which is close to the minimum distance of 110 mm between the anti-collision beam on one hand and the fan and its mounting plate on the other hand. As a result, the extrusion exerted on the fan significantly reduces. The plastic deformation of the front longitudinal beam reduces from 45.41% to 12.52%. Since after optimization, both the compression distance of the energy-absorption box and the plastic deformation of the front longitudinal beam fail to satisfy the the RCAR test requirements, the multi-objective optimization is applied to further optimize the overall thickness of the key components. The results show that the RCAR test requirements are met finally, the compression distance of the energy absorbing box is 105.44 mm, the plastic defo rmation of the front longitudinal beam is 5.04%, and the front end has a higher standard of crashworthiness and lightweight effect.