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

诺德萨公司正在为城市或郊区环境开发新一代电池电动中型卡车，其新型车身由分层复合材料制成。提出的概念需要原始和独特的方法来研究和分析应力和强度特性，制定不同的载荷情况，并分析新结构对动态冲击的反应。对于复合体的行为分析，需要建立、实现和验证数学模型。该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冲击的刚性之间找到平衡。从长远来看，来自Nordresa的新一代更高效的卡车将取代现有的电动和化石燃料卡车，用于运输车队、市政服务车辆和专用公共交通工具，包括校车和行动不便的人的车辆。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，从而减少对环境的负面影响。研究结果将公开传播；因此，这项研究将使整个加拿大受益，并为提供强大、经济可行和环保的交通解决方案做出贡献。

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.