Vibration Energy Harvesting with Applications
A special issue of Vibration (ISSN 2571-631X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vibration isolation; nonlinear vibration; nonlinear dynamics; active control of vibration; vibration energy harvesting; manipulator kinematics; mechanism synthesis and analysis; mechanical linkages; robot calibration
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The increasing demand for energy to supply low-power electronic devices, such as wireless and embedded sensors, biomedical devices, personal devices and the Internet-of-Things, has been driving the attention of researchers to the exploitation of alternative energy sources. Vibration is one of those, and can be induced by operating machines, human body movements, vehicle riding, natural events, etc. It can be effectively converted into electrical energy to be used directly or stored for subsequent use.
Scavenging energy from otherwise-wasted vibrations is becoming a real alternative to the traditional use of batteries, thus reducing environmental impact for disposal, maintenance and replacement costs, and overall device weight. The extraordinary performance of innovative materials, smart structures, and nonlinear components allows the development of efficient devices that can also be applied in hostile environments.
The design of such generators requires a detailed understanding of the physical components, the vibration characteristics, and the system dynamics, so that a main challenge is to design effective devices. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect recent developments on vibration energy harvesters for specific engineering applications. Articles describing original theoretical research supported by experimental evidence are welcome. The research should demonstrate significant advances to attract engineers and practitioners to the exploitation of the related technology.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Linear and nonlinear devices
- Broad-band and multi-frequency devices
- Bi-stable and multi-stable devices
- Piezo-electric, tribo-electric and electro-magnetic devices
- Energy harvesters from vehicle-induced vibrations
- Vibration energy harvesters for structural health monitoring
- Vibration energy harvesters for biomedical applications
- Vibration energy harvesters for wireless sensors and the Internet-of-Things (IoT)
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Gatti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- vibration energy harvesting
- nonlinear resonator
- bi-stable resonator
- vehicle-induced vibration
- structural health monitoring
- biomedical device
- wireless sensor
- Internet-of-Things
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