Abstract: This chapter presents the results of computer simulations of the system of energy harvesting from vibrating mechanical devices. Detailed model tests were carried out for the system of cantilever beams coupled with elastic elements. The end of one vibrating element is loaded with a permanent magnet, which defines a non-linear potential characteristic with the…
Abstract: This paper presents the results of numerical simulations of a non-linear, tristable system for harvesting energy from vibrating mechanical devices. Detailed model tests were carried out inrelation to the system consisting of a beam and three permanent magnets. Based on the derived mathematical model and assuming a range of control parameter variability, a three-dimensional…
Abstract: In this paper, the frequency broadband effect in vibration energy harvesting was studied numerically using a quasi-zero stiffness resonator with two potential wells and piezoelectric transducers. Corresponding solutions were investigated for system excitation harmonics at various frequencies. Solutions for the higher voltage output were collected in specific branches of the power output diagram. Both…
Abstract: A four-degree-of-freedom mechanical system composed of two weakly coupled modules with external forcing is modelled and numerically investigated. Each module contains internal vibro-impact oscillator. The mathematical model is built based on the compliant impacts with realistic nonlinear stiffness and damping characteristics. The model of resistance of motion of the modules assumes conditions possible in…
Abstract: A frequency transmission band of the nonlinear energy harvester shall be studiednumerically. For the analysis, the nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesting system based on a cantilever elastic beam has been applied to harvest the kinetic energy of the moving frame. We used a double-well potential induced by permanent magnets for a ferromagnetic beam resonator. A…
Abstract: The automotive industry faces huge challenge in environmental protection by reducing fossil fuels and energy consumption by developing various practical solutions in energy harvesting. The current analysis is related to the diesel engine power supply system in a passenger off-road vehicle for application of the piezoelectric energy harvesting system. Experimental tests were carried out…
Abstract: The paper proposes and investigates nonlinear vibrations mitigation strategies of an externally excited pendulum. This problem is highly relevant to the crane’s payload behavior, which dynamics is typically described by a nonlinear pendulum model. Currently, there are various active control strategies to mitigate swinging vibrations of the payload that require some knowledge on the…
Abstract: As an effective means to overcome the shortcomings of linear systems only performing well near the resonance frequency, monostable piezoelectric energy harvesters (MPEHs) have been investigated widely in the area of energy harvesting. However, it is difficult to achieve a perfectly symmetric potential energy function due to the asymmetries in magnets and materials. Therefore,…
Abstract: Vibration energy harvesting systems are using real ambient sources of vibration excitation. In our paper, we study the dynamical voltage response of the piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesting system (PVEHs) with a mechanical resonator possessing an amplitude limiter. The PVEHs consist of the cantilever beam with a piezoelectric patch. The proposed system was subjected to…
Abstract: This paper presents a hybrid piezoelectric wind energy scavenger with different cross-sectioned bluff bodies, to enhance the energy scavenging performance by coupling both the vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) and galloping phenomena. Theoretical, experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies are conducted to investigate the energy scavenger performance with three combinations of the circular and square…
