Analytical model and energy harvesting analysis of a vibrating slender rod with added tip mass in three-dimensional space

Abstract:

In the paper, a new 3D energy harvesting system is provided. This work discussed the Lagrange approach to derive the differential equations of motion in the case of energy harvesting systems. An electromechanical system consists of a mechanical resonator, a piezoelectric transducer and electrical circuit with the load resistor. A flexible slender rod clamped at the bottom and loaded by the tip mass is proposed as the resonator. Moving in the 3D space, it enables the system to avoid the gravitational potential barrier of the straight vertical shape in case of buckling. This paper investigates the response of the rod deflection and the root mean square power output of selected vibration mode shapes with an attached tip mass.


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Authors: Marek Borowiec, Marcin Bochenski, Grzegorz Litak, Andrzej Teter

This paper was published in: The European Physical Journal , Special Topics

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ehDialog This work was supported by the program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland under the project DIALOG 0019/DLG/2019/10 in the years 2019-2021.