Promoting smart cities into the 5G era with multi-field Internet of Things (IoT) applications powered with advanced mechanical energy harvesters

L Liu, X Guo, C Lee - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Along with the arrival of the 5G era, sustainable and renewable energy supplies have
become urgent demands towards plentifully distributed devices utilized for constructing …

Nonlinear vibration energy harvesting and vibration suppression technologies: Designs, analysis, and applications

T Yang, S Zhou, S Fang, W Qin, DJ Inman - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Limited by the structure, the high-efficiency vibration energy harvesting and vibration
suppression have always been a theoretical bottleneck and technical challenge in this field …

Wireless sensor network for structural health monitoring: A contemporary review of technologies, challenges, and future direction

M Abdulkarem, K Samsudin… - Structural health …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The importance of wireless sensor networks in structural health monitoring is unceasingly
growing, because of the increasing demand for both safety and security in the cities. The …

Ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, enhancement techniques, and scaling laws

R Sun, S Zhou, L Cheng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy, self-powered technologies
based on environmental vibrations have attracted a lot of attention recently. Natural vibration …

Structural health monitoring using wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive survey

AB Noel, A Abdaoui, T Elfouly… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Structural health monitoring (SHM) using wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has gained
research interest due to its ability to reduce the costs associated with the installation and …

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 …

Piezoelectric sensing techniques in structural health monitoring: A state-of-the-art review

P Jiao, KJI Egbe, Y Xie, A Matin Nazar, AH Alavi - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, there has been a growing interest in deploying smart materials as sensing
components of structural health monitoring systems. In this arena, piezoelectric materials …

Wind turbine condition monitoring: State-of-the-art review, new trends, and future challenges

P Tchakoua, R Wamkeue, M Ouhrouche… - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
As the demand for wind energy continues to grow at exponential rates, reducing operation
and maintenance (OM) costs and improving reliability have become top priorities in wind …

Wireless MEMS-based accelerometer sensor boards for structural vibration monitoring: A review

A Sabato, C Niezrecki, G Fortino - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Monitoring and analysing the integrity of structures and machinery is important for economic,
operational, and mission critical reasons. In recent years, there has been growing interest in …

Buckling-induced smart applications: recent advances and trends

N Hu, R Burgueño - Smart Materials and Structures, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A paradigm shift has emerged over the last decade pointing to an exciting research area
dealing with the harnessing of elastic structural instabilities for'smart'purposes in a variety of …