...Wenguo Zhu; Marco Morandini In this paper, the nonlinear modeling of beam energy harvester embedded with piezoelectric transducers is presented. Starting from a multibody dynamics perspective, a fully coupled electromechanical nonlinear beam model was derived and a geometrically exact finite volume...

...Eshagh Farzaneh Joubaneh; Oumar Rafiou Barry Electromagnetic resonant shunt tuned mass damper-inerter (ERS-TMDI) has recently been developed for dual-functional vibration suppression and energy harvesting. However, energy harvesting and vibration mitigation are conflicting objectives, thus...

...: Jiong Tang. 31 12 2012 13 11 2014 27 01 2015 A class of piezoelectric energy harvester is presented to harness the vibration energy from coupled acoustic-structure systems such as those existing, for example, in aircraft acoustic cabin/flexible fuselage systems. Generic...

..., 2013. Assoc. Editor: Brian P. Mann. 21 01 2013 17 10 2013 The fundamental limits of cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters have not been well established. As with any other power generation technology, it is critical to establish the limits of power output and efficiency...

..., 2013; published online November 20, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Brian P. Mann. 12 06 2012 28 09 2013 Existing design criteria for vibration energy harvesting systems provide guidance on the appropriate selection of the seismic mass and load resistance. To harvest maximum power in resonant...

... that is composed of an electromagnetic transducer, resonant shunt circuit, and the classic TMD. This configuration is similar to the energy-harvesting TMD in Fig. 1( b ) , however, with the significant difference that the electromagnetic transducer is shunted with an RLC circuit instead of a resistive circuit...

... References [1] Roundy , S. , 2005 , “ On the Effectiveness of Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting ,” J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. , 16 , pp. 809 – 823 . 10.1177/1045389X05054042 [2] Anton , S. R. , and Sodano , H. A. , 2007 , “ A Review of Power Harvesting Using Piezoelectric...

.... , 2005 , “ Enhancing Power Harvesting Using a Tuned Auxiliary Structure ,” J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. , 16 , pp. 825 – 834 . 10.1177/1045389X05055279 [10] Ma , P. S. , Kim , J. E. , and Kim Y. Y. , 2010 , “ Power Amplifying Strategy in Vibration Powered Energy Harvesters...

...A. Aladwani; M. Arafa; O. Aldraihem; A. Baz Conventional energy harvester typically consists of a cantilevered composite piezoelectric beam which has a proof mass at its free end while its fixed end is mounted on a vibrating base structure. The resulting relative motion between the proof mass...

... such as bridges and buildings. 04 10 2010 09 05 2011 24 05 2011 28 12 2011 28 12 2011 aeroacoustics aerodynamics beams (structures) dynamic response energy harvesting piezoelectricity structural acoustics vibrations wind power wireless sensor networks Galloping...

...O. Aldraihem; A. Baz The onset of self-excited oscillations is developed theoretically for a traveling wave thermo-acoustic-piezoelectric (TAP) energy harvester. The harvester is intended for converting thermal energy, such as solar or waste heat energy, directly into electrical energy without...

...Jae Eun Kim; Yoon Young Kim Various mathematical beam models have been proposed for the efficient analysis of a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) and carrying out parameter study but there appears no beam model suitable for a PEH of a moderate width-to-length aspect ratio with a distributed tip...

...Matthew Bryant; Ephrahim Garcia This paper proposes a novel piezoelectric energy harvesting device driven by aeroelastic flutter vibrations of a simple pin connected flap and beam. The system is subject to a modal convergence flutter response above a critical wind speed and then oscillates...

... energy recoverable from the dynamic response of the harvester. The analytical derivation of the controller is done generally and is shown to simplify to easily computable closed-form solutions in a number of simple cases. Analytical and simulation results are related to an experimental energy harvesting...

... bender can generate power of about 18.2 μ W into a 100 k Ω resistive load at the resonant frequency. 14 01 2010 17 08 2010 17 12 2010 17 12 2010 cantilevers electrodes energy harvesting micromechanical devices piezoelectric devices A great deal of research works...

...Ravindra Masana; Mohammed F. Daqaq To maximize the electromechanical transduction of vibratory energy harvesters, the resonance frequency of the harvesting device is usually tuned to the excitation frequency. To achieve this goal, some concepts call for utilizing an axial static preload to soften...

...P. Bonello; S. Rafique The modeling and analysis of base-excited piezoelectric energy harvesting beams have attracted many researchers with the aim of predicting the electrical output for a given base motion input. Despite this, it is only recently that an accurate model based on the analytical...

...D. Dane Quinn; Angela L. Triplett; Alexander F. Vakakis; Lawrence A. Bergman Energy harvesting devices designed with intentional nonlinearities offer the possibility of increased performance under broadband excitations and realistic environmental conditions. This work considers an energy harvesting...

... to its primary function of bearing aerodynamic loads, the wing/spar structure of an UAV or a MAV with embedded piezoceramics can provide an extra electrical energy source based on the concept of vibration energy harvesting to power small and wireless electronic components. Aeroelastic vibrations...

...M. Amin Karami; Daniel J. Inman This paper addresses an issue in energy harvesting that has plagued the potential use of harvesting through the piezoelectric effect at the micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) scale. Effective energy harvesting devices typically consist of a cantilever beam...