Simulation and analysis of the aeroelastic-galloping-based piezoelectric energy harvester utilizing FEM and CFD

Autor: Haryanto Ismoyo, Widodo Achmad, Prahasto Toni, Satrijo Djoeli, Pradiptya Iswan, Ouakad Hassen
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 159, p 01052 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-236X
20181590
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/201815901052
Popis: Due to a large oscillation amplitude, galloping can be an admissible scenario to actuate the piezoelectric-based energy harvester. In the case of harvesting energy from galloping vibrations, a prismatic bluff body is attached on the free end of a piezoelectric cantilever beam and the oscillation occurs in a plane normal to the incoming flow. The electrical power then can be extracted from the piezoelectric sheet bonded in the cantilever structure due to the dynamic strain. This study is proposed to develop a theoretical model of a galloping-based piezoelectric energy harvester. A FEM procedure is utilized to determine dynamic characteristics of the structure. Whereas the aerodynamic lift and drag coefficients of the tip bluff body are determined using CDF. The results show that the present method gives precise results of the power generated by harvester. It was found that D-section yields the greatest galloping behavior and hence the maximum power.
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