Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications

This research investigated energy harvesting of unimorph piezoelectric beams using numerical methods. Electromechanical coupled transformation and non-orthonormalised solution methods were introduced to model the voltage, current and power FRFs. Case studies investigated the contribution of axial an...

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Main Author: Eziwarman
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1652
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description This research investigated energy harvesting of unimorph piezoelectric beams using numerical methods. Electromechanical coupled transformation and non-orthonormalised solution methods were introduced to model the voltage, current and power FRFs. Case studies investigated the contribution of axial and transverse deformation and changing neutral axis of segmented piezoelectric components for different unimorph piezoelectric beam applications. Analysis of beams with varying orientation showed that axial coupling must be accounted for to correctly model the system power.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-16522017-02-20T06:37:28Z Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications Eziwarman This research investigated energy harvesting of unimorph piezoelectric beams using numerical methods. Electromechanical coupled transformation and non-orthonormalised solution methods were introduced to model the voltage, current and power FRFs. Case studies investigated the contribution of axial and transverse deformation and changing neutral axis of segmented piezoelectric components for different unimorph piezoelectric beam applications. Analysis of beams with varying orientation showed that axial coupling must be accounted for to correctly model the system power. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1652 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Eziwarman
Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title_full Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title_fullStr Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title_full_unstemmed Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title_short Numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting Applications
title_sort numerical analysis for piezoelectric unimorph beam power harvesting applications
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1652