Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading

Abstract Supercapacitor is widely applied in braking energy recovery systems for urban rail vehicles. During the operation of urban rail vehicle, it is subjected to complex and highly random external vibration loads transmitted from the track surface. Long term exposure to such random vibrations cou...

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Main Authors: Xing Hu, Yupeng Tian, Shengqing Zhu, Jie Tang, Jinrun Cheng
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92116-3
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description Abstract Supercapacitor is widely applied in braking energy recovery systems for urban rail vehicles. During the operation of urban rail vehicle, it is subjected to complex and highly random external vibration loads transmitted from the track surface. Long term exposure to such random vibrations could lead to fatigue damage. The previous studies mainly focus on the simulation of fatigue characteristics of battery packs, and there are relatively a few literature on simulation of the fatigue performance of energy storage supercapacitor box structures under random vibration loads. The fatigue life of an energy storage supercapacitor box applied to urban rail vehicle is studied in this paper. The first 10 modes of the supercapacitor box is calculate. The frequencies are all greater than 30 Hz. The supercapacitor box will not experience resonance. The fatigue characteristics within the frequency domain under random vibrations defined by ASDs is analyzed. The maximum fatigue damage of the energy storage supercapacitor box is 6.24 × 10− 6. The number of fatigue cycles is on an order of 105. Then the energy storage supercapacitor box is manufactured using lightweight aluminum alloy 6063-T5. The maximum fatigue damage of the aluminum energy storage supercapacitor box is 1.47 × 10− 4, with a fatigue cycle life of about 104 times. The fatigue life of the aluminum supercapacitor box could meet the requirements for low stress high cycle life of the urban rail vehicle components. The results could provide a basis for the structural design optimization of the energy storage supercapacitor boxes.
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spelling doaj-art-e7d622d9da1446ef96426b5e68fe3ce22025-08-20T03:06:01ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-03-0115111410.1038/s41598-025-92116-3Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loadingXing Hu0Yupeng Tian1Shengqing Zhu2Jie Tang3Jinrun Cheng4Automotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji UniversityAutomotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji UniversityTianjin Key Laboratory of Dredging Engineering Enterprises, CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co.,LtdAutomotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji UniversityAutomotive Structure and Energy Storage Engineering Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji UniversityAbstract Supercapacitor is widely applied in braking energy recovery systems for urban rail vehicles. During the operation of urban rail vehicle, it is subjected to complex and highly random external vibration loads transmitted from the track surface. Long term exposure to such random vibrations could lead to fatigue damage. The previous studies mainly focus on the simulation of fatigue characteristics of battery packs, and there are relatively a few literature on simulation of the fatigue performance of energy storage supercapacitor box structures under random vibration loads. The fatigue life of an energy storage supercapacitor box applied to urban rail vehicle is studied in this paper. The first 10 modes of the supercapacitor box is calculate. The frequencies are all greater than 30 Hz. The supercapacitor box will not experience resonance. The fatigue characteristics within the frequency domain under random vibrations defined by ASDs is analyzed. The maximum fatigue damage of the energy storage supercapacitor box is 6.24 × 10− 6. The number of fatigue cycles is on an order of 105. Then the energy storage supercapacitor box is manufactured using lightweight aluminum alloy 6063-T5. The maximum fatigue damage of the aluminum energy storage supercapacitor box is 1.47 × 10− 4, with a fatigue cycle life of about 104 times. The fatigue life of the aluminum supercapacitor box could meet the requirements for low stress high cycle life of the urban rail vehicle components. The results could provide a basis for the structural design optimization of the energy storage supercapacitor boxes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92116-3Supercapacitor boxFatigue analysisRandom vibrationModeFrequency response
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Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
Scientific Reports
Supercapacitor box
Fatigue analysis
Random vibration
Mode
Frequency response
title Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
title_full Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
title_fullStr Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
title_full_unstemmed Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
title_short Fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
title_sort fatigue analysis of an energy storage supercapacitor box under random vibration loading
topic Supercapacitor box
Fatigue analysis
Random vibration
Mode
Frequency response
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92116-3
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