TY - GEN
T1 - An analytical approach for predicting power generation of impulsively-excited bistable vibration energy harvesters
AU - Harne, R. L.
AU - Zhang, Chunlin
AU - Li, Bing
AU - Wang, K. W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2015 by ASME.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The high sensitivity to impulse-type events previously uncovered for bistable oscillators has motivated recent experimental and numerical studies on the power generation performance of bistable vibration energy harvesters. To lead to an effective and efficient predictive tool and design guide, this research develops a new analytical approach to estimate the vibration response decay and power generation of a bistable energy harvester when excited by an impulse. Enabling the prediction of time-varying snap-through dynamics, this new approach greatly extends the capabilities of the current averaging method when employed with the Jacobian elliptic functions. Comparison with values determined by the direct simulation of the governing equations shows that the analytically predicted average generated power is very accurate for a wide range of impulse strengths and load resistances. The analytical approach represents a great leap forward in the everexpanding understanding of bistable vibration energy harvesters as implements to effectively capture and convert a wide range of excitation energies.
AB - The high sensitivity to impulse-type events previously uncovered for bistable oscillators has motivated recent experimental and numerical studies on the power generation performance of bistable vibration energy harvesters. To lead to an effective and efficient predictive tool and design guide, this research develops a new analytical approach to estimate the vibration response decay and power generation of a bistable energy harvester when excited by an impulse. Enabling the prediction of time-varying snap-through dynamics, this new approach greatly extends the capabilities of the current averaging method when employed with the Jacobian elliptic functions. Comparison with values determined by the direct simulation of the governing equations shows that the analytically predicted average generated power is very accurate for a wide range of impulse strengths and load resistances. The analytical approach represents a great leap forward in the everexpanding understanding of bistable vibration energy harvesters as implements to effectively capture and convert a wide range of excitation energies.
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U2 - 10.1115/DSCC2015-9828
DO - 10.1115/DSCC2015-9828
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84973307731
T3 - ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2015
BT - Diagnostics and Detection; Drilling; Dynamics and Control of Wind Energy Systems; Energy Harvesting; Estimation and Identification; Flexible and Smart Structure Control; Fuels Cells/Energy Storage; Human Robot Interaction; HVAC Building Energy Management; Industrial Applications; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Manufacturing; Mechatronics; Modelling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2015
Y2 - 28 October 2015 through 30 October 2015
ER -