Battery Mechanics, 2011 COLL-TP-00150

Battery Mechanics address the interest and need in the understanding of mechanics of the high voltage, high power density batteries and the technologies for vehicle integration. The 7 papers in this technical paper collection cover topics such as crash/impact performance, modal performance, durability and reliability performance, thermal performance, battery packs and vehicle integration in electric or hybrid-electric vehicles (EV or HEV or PHEV), multi-disciplinary performance optimization, and robust optimization.