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 …

[HTML][HTML] Energy harvesting from fluid flow using piezoelectric materials: a review

A Naqvi, A Ali, WA Altabey, SA Kouritem - Energies, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting from piezoelectric materials is quite common and has been studied for
the past few decades, but, recently, there have been a lot of new advancements in …

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 …

Broadband energy harvesting using acoustic black hole structural tailoring

L Zhao, SC Conlon, F Semperlotti - Smart materials and …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This paper explores the concept of an acoustic black hole (ABH) as a main design
framework for performing dynamic structural tailoring of mechanical systems for vibration …

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 …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from concurrent vortex-induced vibrations and base excitations

HL Dai, A Abdelkefi, L Wang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2014‏ - Springer
We investigate the potential of using a piezoelectric energy harvester to concurrently
harness energy from base excitations and vortex-induced vibrations. The harvester consists …

An asymmetric magnetic-coupled bending-torsion piezoelectric energy harvester: Modeling and experimental investigation

H Zhang, W Sui, C Yang, L Zhang… - Smart Materials and …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a detailed investigation on an asymmetric magnetic-coupled bending-
torsion piezoelectric energy harvester based on harmonic excitation. There is an eccentricity …

Fluttering energy harvesters in the wind: A review

JM McCarthy, S Watkins, A Deivasigamani… - Journal of Sound and …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The growing area of harvesting energy by aerodynamically induced flutter in a fluid stream is
reviewed. Numerous approaches were found to understand, demonstrate and [sometimes] …

Theoretical modeling and nonlinear analysis of piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex-induced vibrations

HL Dai, A Abdelkefi, L Wang - Journal of Intelligent Material …, 2014‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A nonlinear distributed-parameter model for harvesting energy from vortex-induced
vibrations of a piezoelectric cantilever beam with a circular cylinder attached to its end is …