Multistable vibration energy harvesters: Principle, progress, and perspectives

S Zhou, M Lallart, A Erturk - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2022 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesting is a process by which ambient mechanical energy from
environment or host structures is converted into usable energy (usually, but not always …

Recent advancements in piezoelectric energy harvesting for implantable medical devices

B Upendra, B Panigrahi, K Singh… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Biomedical implantable devices like deep brain stimulators, implantable cardioverter-
defibrillators and cardiac pacemakers are essential for treating the human heart and brain …

Bionic flutter wing piezoelectric-electromagnetic composite energy harvesting system

F Bo, F Jiwen, Z Jiuchun, L Chong, W Jia… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bionic structure has great potential in the field of energy harvesting. Inspired by the
fluttering structure of dipteran insects, this paper proposes a novel bionic multi-domain …

Theoretical and experimental investigation of a quad-stable piezoelectric energy harvester using a locally demagnetized multi-pole magnet

X Su, Y Leng, S Sun, X Chen, J Xu - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Existing research on piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) has mainly relied on uniformly
magnetized permanent magnets (PMs) to provide nonlinearity. Recently, it was reported that …

Nonlinear broadband piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting enhanced by inter-well modulation

Z Wang, T Li, Y Du, Z Yan, T Tan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Broadening the working bandwidth of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices is of great
importance owing to the wide frequency spectrum of environmental vibrations. Efforts …

Experimentally validated geometrically exact model for extreme nonlinear motions of cantilevers

H Farokhi, Y Xia, A Erturk - Nonlinear dynamics, 2022 - Springer
A unique feature of flexible cantilevered beams, which is used in a range of applications
from energy harvesting to bio-inspired actuation, is their capability to undergo motions of …

[HTML][HTML] Vibration suppression performance of parallel magnetic nonlinear energy sinks under impulse excitations

M Guo, L Tang, B Mace, DJ Inman - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2025 - Elsevier
The nonlinear energy sink (NES) is one representative nonlinear vibration absorber. Despite
the existence of excitation threshold, it has been proven to be superior in terms of working …

Hydrokinetic energy harvesting from flow-induced vibration of a hollow cylinder attached with a bi-stable energy harvester

X Huang, T Zhong - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an electromagnetic bi-stable energy harvester (EBEH) with tunable
stiffness for scavenging the hydrokinetic energy from flow-induced vibration (FIV) scenarios …

Integrating PZT layer with tuned mass damper for simultaneous vibration suppression and energy harvesting considering exciter dynamics: An analytical and …

M Rezaei, R Talebitooti, WH Liao, MI Friswell - Journal of Sound and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper analytically and experimentally investigates the potential of a tuned mass
damper (TMD) with an integrated piezoelectric layer for simultaneous energy harvesting and …

A comprehensive theoretical model for the centrifugal effect of nonlinear beam-type piezoelectrical energy harvesters in rotational motions

X Mei, H Du, S Zhou - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, beam-type piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) are being widely studied to
realize rotational energy harvesting with high-efficiency performance. However, few …