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Vibration absorber and converter of lightweight chassis frames for Battery Electric Vehicle

Company: Volvo Trucks North America

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: EE
Optional: EGEE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: YES

Intellectual Property: YES

The goal is to propose ideas for a vibration absorber and converter of battery electric vehicles, BEVs as shown in Fig. 1. The proposed idea must fit well with the vehicle conditions, including layout and design constraints. This project will go through the following steps: Step 1. Review the conventional way for vibration absorber and converter. Step 2. Formulate the relative motion between a battery pack and a chassis frame. (Fig 1 BEV Chassis.jpg) Step 3. Generate the ideas for a vibration absorber and converter. Step 4. Make Python programs to evaluate the performance of the proposed idea (Step 3) by solving differential equations. Step 5. Propose devices with QCDP (Quality, Cost, Delivery and Productivity). Further information to be shared with capstone student team during the kickoff.

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