Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure
on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro …

The development of land transportation has effectively contributed to countries' economic
and social development. Roads, rails and vehicles have come into widespread use in …

Railways, as one of the most important forms of transportation, have been developed rapidly
throughout the world. Meanwhile, the energy consumption and carbon emissions of railway …

Due to swift innovations in mechanical energy harvesting (MEH) during recent years, the
findings of MEH research are prolific. The objective of the recent study is to visualise the …

Autonomous wireless sensor nodes (WSN) for information acquisition and status monitoring,
play an important role in the boom area of the internet of things (IoT) and industry 4.0. Self …

Energy harvesting in the railway industry has great potential for many applications. Energy
harvesters can provide electrical power for track-side, on-board, and infrastructure …

Additively manufactured nano-MEH systems are widely used to harvest energy from
renewable and sustainable energy sources such as wind, ocean, sunlight, raindrops, and …

The railway track dynamic behavior shows intense characteristics in a wide frequency
domain, which plays an major role in the generation of wheel-rail rolling noise and the …

Vibration energy harvesting technology is characterized by wide distribution, is pollution-free
and independent of weather and climate, and is suitable for powering low-power sensors to …

Depending on its mounting orientation, the rotational piezoelectric harvester can be
subjected to the centrifugal softening or stiffening effects, which may pose a positive or …