Hydrophones, fundamental features, design considerations, and various structures: A review

H Saheban, Z Kordrostami - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of hydrophones, their design considerations,
physical aspects, and structures by reviewing many publications that have been published …

Cantilever configurations in vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting: A comprehensive review on beam shapes and multi-beam formations.

AI Sadaf, RU Ahmed, H Ahmed - Smart Materials and Structures, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Vibration-based energy harvesting technology is a well-established research area that has
attracted tremendous interest over the last decade. This interest is primarily owing to its …

Enhancing the output performance of energy harvesters using hierarchical auxetic structure and optimization techniques

Q Gao, Y Lu, Y Shi, WH Liao, G Yin, J Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we proposed a novel piezoelectric energy harvester based on hierarchical
auxetic structures to improve the power output. The auxetic structure can harvest more …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization analysis of an energy harvester for smart tilting pad journal bearings considering higher vibration modes

ARG da Silveira, GB Daniel - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
In the light of Industry 4.0, ambient energy harvesting has been used to substitute electrical
batteries and power condition monitoring sensors installed on industrial equipment. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity and directivity analysis of piezoelectric ultrasonic cantilever-based mems hydrophone for underwater applications

B Abdul, VM Mastronardi, A Qualtieri, L Algieri… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we report on the characterization of the sensitivity and the directionality of a
novel ultrasonic hydrophone fabricated by micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) …

Shape optimization of piezoelectric energy harvesters of variable thickness

AC Hurtado, P Peralta, RO Ruiz, MM Alamdari… - Journal of Sound and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, a model of a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH), based on bimorph Kirchhoff–
Love plate of variable shape and constant thickness was developed and subsequently …

Performance enhancement of MEMS-guided four beam piezoelectric transducers for energy harvesting and acceleration sensing

H Ghoddus, Z Kordrostami, P Amiri - International Journal of Modern …, 2019 - World Scientific
In the present paper, guided four beam (G4B) piezoelectric transducers with enhanced
sensitivities have been designed. Based on the suggested G4B structures, piezoelectric …

Design of a MEMS bionic vector hydrophone with piezo-gated MOSFET readout

P Amiri, Z Kordrostami, K Hassanli - Microelectronics Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
A new design of a MEMS bionic vector hydrophone based on piezoelectric transduction has
been proposed. The designed hydrophone has a higher sensitivity in comparison to its …

MEMS piezoresistive pressure sensor with patterned thinning of diaphragm

Z Kordrostami, K Hassanli, A Akbarian - Microelectronics International, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to find a new design that can increase the sensitivity of
the sensor without sacrificing the linearity. A novel and very efficient method for increasing …

[HTML][HTML] A New Method for Solving the Flow Shop Scheduling Problem on Symmetric Networks Using a Hybrid Nature-Inspired Algorithm

MM Baroud, A Eghtesad, MA Mahdi, MB Nouri… - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, symmetric networks have received much attention in various applications. They
are a single route for incoming and outgoing network traffic. In symmetric networks, one of …