Exploiting stiffness nonlinearities to improve flow energy capture from the wake of a bluff body

AH Alhadidi, H Abderrahmane, MF Daqaq - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Fluid–structure coupling mechanisms such as wake galloping have been recently utilized to
develop scalable flow energy harvesters. Unlike traditional rotary-type generators which are …

On energy transfer between vibration modes under frequency-varying excitations for energy harvesting

JLP Felix, RP Bianchin, A Almeida… - Applied Mechanics …, 2016 - Trans Tech Publ
This paper presents an analytical and numerical analysis of vibration energy harvesting from
the dynamic interaction and energy transfer between the two vibration modes of a 2-DOF …

Geometric and structural optimization of fluid energy harvester with high efficiency and bandwidth

H Asghari, M Dardel - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, fluid energy harvesting by piezoelectric materials has been investigated.
COMSOL Multiphysics software is used for numerical modeling. Fluid flow from the cylinder …