Investigation of new concepts of Active Shutters for Battery Electrical Vehicles
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Publicerad
2019
Författare
Boulainghier, Lucile
Wallman, Philip
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
Abstract
Prior developments of Active Shutters focused on Internal Combustion Engine vehicles
while the market of Battery Electrical Vehicles is raising.
This project aims at selecting and weighting the requirements on the Spoiler Active
Shutters in the case of the Battery Electrical Vehicles as well as investigating new
concepts adapted for their powertrains. Moreover, it carries out the first House of
Quality with two levels carried out at Volvo with an aim at testing the quality tool
and its process to improve it.
In the wake of a market, societal and technical analysis, the ranking of the requirements
on the system has been done through the use of a House of Quality linking the
Business requirements on the system which resulted in the prioritization of twenty
requirements. Moreover, some feedback has been provided to the Hardware Quality
Team of Volvo to present the process followed by the project team.
The project was followed by a concept development phase, including a problem
clarification step, and an iteration of the generation and selection of concepts. The
concept generation led to three final concepts, which could represent different potential
strategies for the system. The Classic is an optimization of the current shutters
developed by Volvo, the Other bolsters the performance of the part by integrating
it to the A-Surface of the bumper while the Synergy focuses on the cooling needs
during the fast charging by adding hidden air inlets.
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Ämne/nyckelord
Active Shutters - Product Development - Design for Six-Sigma , House of Quality - Battery Electrical Vehicle - Volvo Car Corporation