Ambient vibration energy harvesters: A review on nonlinear techniques for performance enhancement

N Tran, MH Ghayesh, M Arjomandi - International Journal of Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesters are emerging as a promising solution for powering small-scale
electronics, such as sensors and monitoring devices, especially in applications where …

Aeroelastic energy harvesting: A review

A Abdelkefi - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting is the process by which light, thermal, solar, and kinetic energy can be
converted to a usable form of energy with the ultimate objective of develo** self-powered …

On the role of nonlinearities in vibratory energy harvesting: a critical review and discussion

MF Daqaq, R Masana, A Erturk… - Applied …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The last two decades have witnessed several advances in microfabrication technologies
and electronics, leading to the development of small, low-power devices for wireless …

A review on performance enhancement techniques for ambient vibration energy harvesters

T Yildirim, MH Ghayesh, W Li, G Alici - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to increased demands for energy and the current limitations of batteries, a future
prospective technology are vibration energy harvesters that convert kinetic vibration energy …

Energy harvesting from fluid flow using piezoelectrics: A critical review

M Hamlehdar, A Kasaeian, MR Safaei - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The ambient energy as an available and harvestable energy source which has a high
potential to generate electricity for powering electronics devices. Piezoelectric materials, as …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex-induced vibrations of circular cylinder

A Mehmood, A Abdelkefi, MR Hajj, AH Nayfeh… - Journal of Sound and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The concept of harvesting energy from a circular cylinder undergoing vortex-induced
vibrations is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a piezoelectric transducer to …

Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting via parametric excitation: Snap-through with time-varying potential wells

Y Fan, MQ Niu, MH Ghayesh, M Amabili… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces a novel method to improve snap-through transitions in a parametrically
excited cantilever-based energy harvester featuring repulsive magnetic coupling. The aim is …

Unified nonlinear electroelastic dynamics of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever for energy harvesting, sensing, and actuation

S Leadenham, A Erturk - Nonlinear dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Inherent nonlinearities of piezoelectric materials are pronounced in various engineering
applications such as sensing, actuation, combined applications for vibration control, and …

Design, development, and theoretical and experimental tests of a nonlinear energy harvester via piezoelectric arrays and motion limiters

Y Fan, MH Ghayesh, TF Lu, M Amabili - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, development and test of a nonlinear piezoelectric energy
harvesting array with wideband performance under directly and parametrically excited …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from transverse gallo** of bluff bodies

A Abdelkefi, MR Hajj, AH Nayfeh - Smart Materials and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of harvesting energy from transverse gallo** oscillations of a bluff body with
different cross-section geometries is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a …