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 …

Multistability phenomenon in signal processing, energy harvesting, composite structures, and metamaterials: A review

S Fang, S Zhou, D Yurchenko, T Yang… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multistability is the phenomenon of multiple coexistent stable states, which are highly
sensitive to perturbations, initial conditions, system parameters, etc. Multistability has been …

Mechanical intelligent energy harvesting: from methodology to applications

LC Zhao, HX Zou, KX Wei, SX Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) connects everything with intelligence,
while the increase in energy consumption generated by numerous electronic devices puts …

Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing

H Fu, X Mei, D Yurchenko, S Zhou, S Theodossiades… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure
on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro …

A low-frequency rotational electromagnetic energy harvester using a magnetic plucking mechanism

G Miao, S Fang, S Wang, S Zhou - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting from rotational motion, such as vehicle tires and rotational devices,
remains a challenge because of the difficulty of balancing the harvesting frequency range …

Damage detection techniques for wind turbine blades: A review

Y Du, S Zhou, X Jing, Y Peng, H Wu, N Kwok - Mechanical Systems and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Blades play a vital role in wind turbine system performances. However, they are susceptible
to damage arising from complex and irregular loading or even cause catastrophic collapse …

Enhancing energy harvesting in low-frequency rotational motion by a quad-stable energy harvester with time-varying potential wells

X Mei, S Zhou, Z Yang, T Kaizuka, K Nakano - Mechanical Systems and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, various nonlinear energy harvesters have been designed and investigated
for efficiently harvesting energy in rotational motions, and they were aimed to provide …

Magnetic coupling and flextensional amplification mechanisms for high-robustness ambient wind energy harvesting

LC Zhao, HX Zou, G Yan, FR Liu, T Tan, KX Wei… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Harvesting wind energy is becoming increasingly significant for its availability and
abundance in the ambient environment, which is a promising strategy to develop self …

A comprehensive study of non-linear air damping and “pull-in” effects on the electrostatic energy harvesters

X Guo, Y Zhang, K Fan, C Lee, F Wang - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new comprehensive model is presented to optimize the design of vibration
based electrostatic energy harvester working in standard atmosphere. This model considers …

A tri-stable energy harvester in rotational motion: Modeling, theoretical analyses and experiments

X Mei, S Zhou, Z Yang, T Kaizuka, K Nakano - Journal of Sound and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper originally investigates the performance of a tri-stable piezoelectric energy
harvester (TPEH) in rotational motion, aiming to solve the challenging issue of power supply …