Mechanical modulations for enhancing energy harvesting: Principles, methods and applications

HX Zou, LC Zhao, QH Gao, L Zuo, FR Liu, T Tan… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanical kinetic energy harvesting, which converts the mechanical motions and
vibrations that are commonly available in the surrounding environment to electrical energy …

The nexus between vibration-based energy harvesting and structural vibration control: A comprehensive review

Q Cai, S Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the first state-of-the-art review on simultaneous vibration control and
energy harvesting strategy, a multi-disciplinary topic related to structural dynamics …

Hybrid vibration and wind energy harvesting using combined piezoelectric and electromagnetic conversion for bridge health monitoring applications

M Iqbal, FU Khan - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper a novel multimodal hybrid bridge energy harvester (HBEH) using combined
piezoelectric and electromagnetic conversion is reported. The architecture, fabrication, and …

Integrating structural control, health monitoring, and energy harvesting for smart cities

S Javadinasab Hormozabad, M Gutierrez Soto… - Expert …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cities that are adopting innovative and technology‐driven solutions to improve the city's
efficiency are considered smart cities. With the increased attention on smart cities with self …

[HTML][HTML] Sound and vibration energy harvesting for railway applications: A review on linear and nonlinear techniques

A Hosseinkhani, D Younesian, P Eghbali… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Bistable energy harvesting backpack: Design, modeling, and experiments

Z Hou, W Zha, H Wang, WH Liao, CR Bowen… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inspired by the dynamics of the noninertial systems, a novel bistable energy harvesting
backpack is proposed that improves biomechanical energy harvesting performance. In …

A review on 3D printed piezoelectric energy harvesters: materials, 3D printing techniques, and applications

A Megdich, M Habibi, L Laperrière - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide energy and environmental pollution crisis is caused partly by the rising
usage of non-renewable energy sources. Researchers try to find alternative energy systems …

An electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting system based on series coupling input mechanism for freight railroads

T Zhang, L Kong, Z Zhu, X Wu, H Li, Z Zhang, J Yan - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

An eccentric mass-based rotational energy harvester for capturing ultralow-frequency mechanical energy

K Fan, J Hao, C Wang, C Zhang, W Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The omnipresent ultralow-frequency vibrations and swings contain a huge amount of
mechanical energy, but the low harvesting efficiency hinders their application as a practical …

Predicting bridge longitudinal displacement from monitored operational loads with hierarchical CNN for condition assessment

Z Sun, M Sun, DM Siringoringo, Y Dong… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, longitudinal displacement has gained popularity as a means of
evaluating the condition of long-span cable-supported bridge components, such as …