A review of flow-induced vibration energy harvesters

X Ma, S Zhou - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of wireless sensor networks, medical equipment, and
microelectromechanical systems, providing clean and self-sustained energy for these …

Recent advancement of flow-induced piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting techniques: principles, structures, and nonlinear designs

D Cao, J Wang, X Guo, SK Lai, Y Shen - Applied Mathematics and …, 2022 - Springer
Energy harvesting induced from flowing fluids (eg, air and water flows) is a well-known
process, which can be regarded as a sustainable and renewable energy source. In addition …

A magnetically coupled bistable piezoelectric harvester for underwater energy harvesting

HX Zou, M Li, LC Zhao, QH Gao, KX Wei, L Zuo, F Qian… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a new magnetically coupled bistable piezoelectric energy harvesting
approach for underwater applications. The flextensional piezoelectric transducer is used to …

Enhanced piezoelectric wind-induced vibration energy harvester via the interplay between cylindrical shell and diamond-shaped baffle

J Kan, W Liao, J Wang, S Wang, M Yan, Y Jiang… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting from wind-induced vibrations is considered to be a promising solution for
the power requirements of wireless sensor nodes. This paper proposes an enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Torsional vibration of a circular cylinder with an attached splitter plate in laminar flow

M Zhang, X Wang, O Øiseth - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Splitter plates have been recognized as useful passive devices to reduce drag, mitigate flow-
induced vibration, and enhance heat transfer efficiency of a circular cylinder. However …

A coupled formulation of fluid-structure interaction and piezoelectricity for modeling a multi-body energy harvester from vortex-induced vibrations

JM Ramirez - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a coupled formulation for modeling multiple piezoelectric energy harvesters
based on vortex-induced vibrations phenomenon at arbitrary locations was presented and …

Usefulness of inclined circular cylinders for designing ultra-wide bandwidth piezoelectric energy harvesters: Experiments and computational investigations

J Wang, C Zhang, D Yurchenko, A Abdelkefi, M Zhang… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposes to change the inclination angle (α) of a circular cylinder with respect to
oncoming flow in order to broaden the effective wind speed bandwidth of the piezoelectric …

Cascade-Net for predicting cylinder wake at Reynolds numbers ranging from subcritical to supercritical regime

J Mi, X Jin, H Li - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The application of machine learning techniques embedded with fluid mechanics has gained
significant attention due to their exceptional ability to tackle intricate flow dynamics …

A comprehensive numerical study on flow-induced vibrations with various groove structures: Suppression or enhancing energy scavenging

J Wang, L Sheng, L Ding - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the enhancement or suppression effect of flow-induced vibration (FIV)
caused by symmetrically installed groove structures with different shapes under high …

Numerical analysis of WIV phenomenon with two in-series cylinders: WIV suppression and energy harvesting

R Tang, Y Gu, X Mi, D Yurchenko, F Xu, W Xu, X Liu… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This numerical study aims to analyze the hydrodynamic characteristics of in-series structures
with two cross-sections, as well as their power characteristics under different spacing (α) and …