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 is the phenomenon of multiple coexistent stable states, which are highly
sensitive to perturbations, initial conditions, system parameters, etc. Multistability has been …

Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

The working bandwidth is an attractive aspect of vibrational energy harvesters. This paper
investigates the energy harvesting enhancement of a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) …

This paper proposes a novel bistable energy harvester coupled with a nonlinear elastic
boundary (BEH-NB) to enhance energy harvesting performance. The analytical model of …

This paper presents a bistable vibration isolator (BVI) with several ring permanent magnets
(PMs) and utilizes nonlinear electromagnetic shunt damping (N-EMSD) to improve the …

In this paper, the complexification-averaging method is firstly used to derive the theoretical
solutions and analyze the dynamical performance of the energy harvesters under galloping …

This paper proposes a novel bi-state nonlinear vibration isolator (BS-NVI) consisting of a
linear mass–spring–damper and several permanent magnets (PMs). The working state of …

Harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations via nonlinear energy harvesters has been
considered as an effective approach for permanently powering embedded devices and …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting is considered as an ideal power resource for low-power
consumption gadgets in vibrational environments. The energy extraction efficiency depends …