Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Aerospace Systems Engineering
Committee Chair
Nathan Spulak
Committee Member
Judith Schneider
Committee Member
Natalie Click
Research Advisor
Nathan Spulak
Subject(s)
Electric batteries--Testing, Electric batteries--Materials--Dynamic testing
Abstract
Lithium batteries are present in most electronic devices and machines but pose a serious threat to users if they are over heated, over charged, or otherwise physically damaged. In order to better understand the underlying causes of lithium battery fires, testing procedures at various rates of low, intermediate, and dynamic are established with less volatile 1.5 V LR61 alkaline batteries. The various rates are to cover representative loading rates from scenarios ranging from dropping a cell phone a short distance to a high-rate drone collision with an aircraft. Material characterization is also done on the metal casing to better understand the material behavior. These test results are used for preliminary investigations of numerical modeling methods that combine the mechanical, electrical, and thermal effects.
Recommended Citation
Schauer, Abigail C., "Experimental and numerical investigation of combined mechanical, electrical, and thermal response of LR61 alkaline batteries at various loading rates" (2025). Theses. 753.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/753
