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Energy harvesting via shallow cylindrical and spherical piezoelectric panels using higher order shear deformation theory

Sayyaadi, H ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.03.035
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this article an analytical solution is presented for power output from a piezoelectric shallow shell energy harvester using higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT). The energy harvester is made of an elastic substrate layer coupled with one or two surface bonded piezoelectric layers. Mechanical equations of motion with Gauss's equation are derived on the basis of HSDT and solved simultaneously for simply-supported mechanical boundary conditions. The electromechanical frequency response functions that relate the power output and circuit load resistance are identified from the exact solutions. Using Rayleigh damping the influence of structural damping is taken into account. Also performance of the system is analyzed extensively for different parameters such as type of energy harvester including unimorph and bimorph panel in series or parallel connections of piezoelectric layers, circuit load resistance, geometrical parameters and material properties of core and piezoelectric layers
  6. Keywords:
  7. Energy harvesting ; Higher order shear deformation shell theory ; Damping ; Electric connectors ; Equations of motion ; Frequency response ; Geometry ; Piezoelectricity ; Reconfigurable hardware ; Shear deformation ; Electromechanical frequencies ; Higher order shear deformation ; Higher order shear deformation theory ; Mechanical boundaries ; Piezoelectric ; Piezoelectric layers ; Shallow shells ; Unimorph ; Energy harvesting
  8. Source: Composite Structures ; Volume 147 , 2016 , Pages 155-167 ; 02638223 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822316301994