Conceptual design framework for laminated structural battery composites
Paper in proceeding, 2020



The structural battery composite is a class of composite materials with ability to provide mechanical integrity in a structural system while simultaneously store electrical energy (i.e. work as a battery). In this paper a framework to estimate the mechanical and electrical performance of laminated structural battery composites is proposed. The mechanical performance of the battery composite laminate is assessed by estimating the in-plane elastic properties of the laminate using Classical Laminate Theory. The electrical performance is assessed estimating the specific capacity and energy density of the component. The developed framework is applied on an A4 sized structural battery composite demonstrator, as part of the Clean Sky 2 project SORCERER [1] to demonstrate the capabilities of the framework. The design process for the demonstrator is presented and mechanical and electrical performance metrics are estimated for three laminate configurations, one promoting structural performance, one promoting electrical performance and one intermediate. As the material provides both load carrying and electrical energy storage capabilities, the laminate configuration can be alternated to provide suitable performance based on the purpose of the component.

Carbon fibre reinforced plastics

Energy storage

Electrical properties.

Mechanical properties

Multifunctional composites

Author

David Carlstedt

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Wilhelm Johannisson

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Dan Zenkert

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Peter Linde

Airbus Group

Leif Asp

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials

18th European Conference on Composite Materials
Athens, Greece,

Structural pOweR CompositEs foR futurE civil aiRcraft (SORCERER)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/738085), 2017-02-01 -- 2020-02-28.

Areas of Advance

Transport

Production

Energy

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Aerospace Engineering

Other Chemical Engineering

Composite Science and Engineering

Infrastructure

C3SE (Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering)

Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory

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