Numerical investigation of nonlinear mechanical and constitutive effects on piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvesting
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Ana Carolina Cellular
Ana Carolina S. Cellular is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematician. Nowadays she is teaching at Universidade Candido Mendes and Centro Universitário La Salle. Research interests are related to nonlinear dynamics and energy harvesting.
Luciana L. Silva Monteiro is Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering and Physicist. Professor at CEFET/RJ, she develops research and teaching activities. Research interests are related to nonlinear dynamics, energy harvesting, and smart materials and structures.
Marcelo A. Savi is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE – Department of Mechanical Engineering) where develops research and teaching activities, being the Head of the Center for Nonlinear Mechanics. Research interests are related to nonlinear mechanics where it should be highlighted smart material and structures; nonlinear dynamics, chaos and control; biomechanics and ecology.
Abstract
Vibration-based energy harvesting has the main objective to convert available environmental mechanical energy into electrical energy. Piezoelectric materials are usually employed to promote the mechanical-electrical conversion. This work deals with a numerical investigation that analyzes the influence of nonlinear effects in piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvesting. Duffing-type oscillator that can be either monostable or bistable represents mechanical nonlinearities. A quadratic constitutive electro-mechanical coupling model represents piezoelectric nonlinearities. The system performance is evaluated for different system characteristics being monitored by the input and the generated power. Numerical simulations are carried out exploring dynamical behavior of energy harvesting system evaluating different kinds of responses, including periodic and chaotic regimes.
Zusammenfassung
Schwingungsbasiertes Energy Harvesting hat das Hauptziel, die verfügbare mechanische Energie der Umgebung in elektrische Energie umzuwandeln. Piezoelektrische Materialien werden häufig verwendet, um die mechanische und elektrische Energieumwandlung zu fördern. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit einer numerischen Untersuchung, die den Einfluss von nichtlinearen Effekten in der piezoelektrischen schwingungsbasierten Energy Harvesting untersucht. Duffing-Oszillator, der entweder monostabil oder bistabil sein kann, stellt die mechanische Nichtlinearitäten dar. Ein quadratisches und konstitutives elektromechanisches Kopplungsmodell stellt die piezoelektrische Nichtlinearitäten dar. Die Systemleistung wird für verschiedene Systemeigenschaften eingeschätzt, die durch die Eingabe und die erzeugte Leistung beaufsichtigt werden. Numerische Simulationen werden durchgeführt, umdas dynamische Verhalten des Energy-Harvesting-Systems zu untersuchen, wobei verschiedene Arten von Reaktionen ausgewertet werden, einschließlich periodischer und chaotischer Verhalten.
Funding statement: The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Brazilian Research Agencies CNPq, CAPES and FAPERJ. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is also acknowledged.
About the authors
Ana Carolina S. Cellular is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematician. Nowadays she is teaching at Universidade Candido Mendes and Centro Universitário La Salle. Research interests are related to nonlinear dynamics and energy harvesting.
Luciana L. Silva Monteiro is Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering and Physicist. Professor at CEFET/RJ, she develops research and teaching activities. Research interests are related to nonlinear dynamics, energy harvesting, and smart materials and structures.
Marcelo A. Savi is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE – Department of Mechanical Engineering) where develops research and teaching activities, being the Head of the Center for Nonlinear Mechanics. Research interests are related to nonlinear mechanics where it should be highlighted smart material and structures; nonlinear dynamics, chaos and control; biomechanics and ecology.
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- Investigation of a hybrid piezo-electromagnetic energy harvester
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Numerical analysis and experimental verification of broadband tristable energy harvesters
- Use it or lose it: The influence of second order effects of practical components on storing energy harvested by pyroelectric effects
- Investigation of a hybrid piezo-electromagnetic energy harvester
- Stiffness control of a nonlinear mechanical folded beam for wideband vibration energy harvesters
- Numerical investigation of nonlinear mechanical and constitutive effects on piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvesting
- Evaluation of multiple transducers implementation in a magnetoelectric vibration energy harvester
