A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018)

M Safaei, HA Sodano, SR Anton - Smart materials and structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

The acoustic black hole: A review of theory and applications

A Pelat, F Gautier, SC Conlon, F Semperlotti - Journal of Sound and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Acoustic Black Hole (ABH) is a technique for passive vibration control that was
recently developed within the Structural Dynamics and Vibroacoustics communities. From a …

Broadband vibration suppression of rainbow metamaterials with acoustic black hole

W Gao, Z Qin, F Chu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Acoustic black hole (ABH) structures have been widely utilized for vibration suppression
owing to its tailored indentations according to a power-law profile. Compared with single …

Ultrawide attenuation bands in gradient metabeams with acoustic black hole pillars

J Deng, N Gao, X Chen - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this letter, it is suggested to attach acoustic black holes (ABHs) on a base beam with
gradient parameters for wave attenuation in ultrawide bands. Three types of metabeams …

Research and applications of viscoelastic vibration dam** materials: A review

XQ Zhou, DY Yu, XY Shao, SQ Zhang, S Wang - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the various research methods and theory
calculation models that are employed in engineering to study the static and dynamic …

Complex band structure and evanescent Bloch wave propagation of periodic nested acoustic black hole phononic structure

N Gao, B Wang, K Lu, H Hou - Applied Acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the periodic nested acoustic black hole phononic structure is presented, and
different complex band structures and corresponding evanescent Bloch wave propagation …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics

P Basset, SP Beeby, C Bowen, ZJ Chew, A Delbani… - APL materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …

[HTML][HTML] Design and experimental investigation of V-folded beams with acoustic black hole indentations

N Gao, Z Wei, H Hou, AO Krushynska - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This paper proposes a strategy to broaden complete bandgap attenuating flexural and
longitudinal modes, and to shift them to lower frequencies by spatially folding designs …

Characterization of acoustic black hole effect using a one-dimensional fully-coupled and wavelet-decomposed semi-analytical model

L Tang, L Cheng, H Ji, J Qiu - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Acoustics Black Hole (ABH) effect shows promising features for potential vibration
control and energy harvesting applications. The phenomenon occurs in a structure with …

Numerical analysis of the vibroacoustic properties of plates with embedded grids of acoustic black holes

SC Conlon, JB Fahnline, F Semperlotti - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of an Acoustic Black Hole (ABH) has been developed and exploited as an
approach for passively attenuating structural vibration. The basic principle of the ABH relies …