Development and Analysis of a Novel Lightweight Monocoque Architecture for Electric Delivery Trucks

诺德萨公司正在开发适用于城市或郊区环境的新一代电池电动中型卡车，其车身由层状复合材料制成。提出的概念要求采用新颖而独特的方法来研究和分析应力和强度特性，制定不同的荷载工况，并分析新型建筑对动态冲击的反应。对于复合材料车身的行为分析，需要开发、实施和验证数学模型。这项研究的目标是分析卡车单元车身结构中的分层复合材料，目标是在良好驾驶性能的灵活性和更好地应对道路动态影响之间取得平衡。从长远来看，诺德雷萨新一代更高效的卡车将在运输车队、市政服务车辆和专门的公共交通工具中取代现有的电动和化石燃料卡车，包括校车和机动性降低的人用的车辆。这项研究将有助于开发一种对所有社区都有利的技术，同时增加可再生能源的使用，从而减少由此带来的负面环境影响。研究结果将被公开传播；因此，这项研究将使整个加拿大受益，并有助于提供稳健、经济可行和环境友好的交通解决方案。

Nodresa Inc. is developing a new generation of battery electric medium-duty trucks for urban or suburbanenvironments with a novel type of body made of a layered composite material. The proposed concept requiresoriginal and unique approach to research and analysis of stress and strength properties, formulation of differentload cases, and analysis of the reaction of the novel architecture to dynamic impacts. For the behavior analysisof the composite body a mathematical model needs to be developed, implemented, and validated.The goal of the research is to analyze layered composites in a truck unit-body architecture, with the target offinding balance between flexibility for good driveability and rigidity for better responding to the dynamicimpact from the road.In the long term, the new generation of more efficient trucks from Nordresa will replace existing electric andfossil fuel trucks in the delivery fleets, municipal service vehicles, and specialized public transportation,including school buses and vehicles for people with reduced mobility. This research will aid the developmentof a technology that will be profitable to all communities while increasing the use of renewable energy sources,decreasing thus negative environmental impact. The research findings will be disseminated publicly; therefore,the research will benefit the whole of Canada and contribute to offering transportation solutions that are robust,economically viable and environmentally benign.