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A novel full stressed energy harvester with varied thickness

  • Guanghong Zhu*
  • , Yanbin Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Xi'an University of Science and Technology
  • Anhui University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

This study developed a novel full stressed energy harvester composed of a cantilever with varied thickness in the length direction to harvest energy from ambient vibrations. This harvester owns a higher efficiency of energy harvesting when compared with the harvester of a uniform cross section, since the maximum bending stress is constant in each cross section. The current available models for cantilever harvesters are inapplicable to the new improved fully stressed harvester due to its unique shape. By employing Rayleigh-Ritz method, a corresponding governing equation is hence developed to model the full stressed harvester for estimating the efficiency. The influence of the geometry on the generated electric power is also discussed for the full stressed harvester. The results show that the full stressed harvester can double the electric power generated by the uniform harvester, and the full stressed harvester has a lower natural frequency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComposite Materials and Material Engineering IV
EditorsJong Hak Kim
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages135-140
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783035716191
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Composite Materials and Material Engineering, ICCMME 2020 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 13 Jan 202016 Jan 2020

Publication series

NameKey Engineering Materials
Volume847 KEM
ISSN (Print)1013-9826
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9795

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Composite Materials and Material Engineering, ICCMME 2020
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period13/01/2016/01/20

Keywords

  • Energy harvester
  • Full stressed harvester
  • Piezoelectric materials

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