悬臂梁挠曲电俘能器的力电耦合模型及性能分析

挠曲电效应指应变梯度在电介质中引起的电极化现象,是一种普遍存在的力电耦合行为。应变梯度与材料的尺寸成反比,因此挠曲电效应有望在纳米尺度主导材料的物理性质,尤其是力电耦合性能。本文建立了悬臂梁挠曲电俘能器的理论模型,基于哈密顿原理得到了悬臂梁挠曲电俘能器的控制方程和相应的边界条件;进一步,得到了悬臂梁挠曲电俘能器的输出电压频率响应和功率密度频率响应随悬臂梁的振动频率、外电路阻抗、挠曲电层厚度以及弹性层模量的变化规律。聚偏氟乙烯和环氧树脂层合挠曲电悬臂梁俘能器模型的数值结果表明输出电压频率响应和功率密度频率响应在共振频率点取得最大值,且随着各阶模态对应的共振频率的增加悬臂梁挠曲电俘能器的输出电压和功率密度均增加。此外,计算结果还表明悬臂梁俘能器存在最佳匹配阻抗,在匹配阻抗附近悬臂梁俘能器的输出功率密度随挠曲电层厚度的减小而增大,表现出明显的尺寸效应。本文工作提供了一种基于挠曲电效应的悬臂梁俘能器的理论模型,为悬臂梁俘能器的设计提供了理论依据。     

电学开路挠曲电悬臂梁自振频率分析

挠曲电效应是一种新兴的机电耦合效应,在微纳米尺度的传感器、致动器和俘能器方面有广阔的应用前景．本文基于挠曲电材料的变分原理和电吉布斯自由能,推导了表面覆盖电极的挠曲电悬臂梁在电学开路条件下的机电耦合动力学控制方程和相应的力电边界条件．进一步获得了求解电学开路条件下挠曲电悬臂梁自振频率的超越方程．以聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)材料为算例,讨论了挠曲电系数、末端质量块和梁尺寸对结构自振频率和电学开路/短路条件下结构自振频率有效频移的影响．计算结果表明,挠曲电系数的增大会提高梁的自振频率;末端质量的增大可以降低梁的自振频率,并且末端质量块的转动效应对悬臂梁自振频率的影响很小;悬臂梁结构的有效频移随着结构尺寸减小而增加,并在某一厚度尺寸趋于饱和值．     

全应变梯度挠曲电纳米梁有限单元法研究

挠曲电效应是一种存在于所有电介质材料中的特殊的力电耦合效应，本质上是应变梯度与电极化之间的线性耦合。然而，应变梯度会引入位移的高阶偏量，常给挠曲电问题的理论求解带来困难。且已有研究表明应变梯度弹性项会影响纳米结构中的力电耦合响应，但是现有的挠曲电研究大多忽略了应变梯度弹性的影响。因此，本文提出了一种既考虑应变梯度弹性，又考虑挠曲电效应的有效数值方法。基于全应变梯度弹性理论，建立了包含3个独立材料尺度参数的纳米欧拉梁的理论模型和有限元模型，提出了满足C₂弱连续的两节点六自由度单元。基于本文的有限单元法，以简支欧拉梁为例，通过分析讨论挠度、电势和能量效率，得到了挠曲电效应和应变梯度弹性项对梁的力电响应的影响。结果表明，挠曲电效应存在尺寸依赖性，且应变梯度弹性项在纳米电介质结构的挠曲电研究中的影响不可忽略。     

考虑挠曲电效应的压电纳米薄板力-电-热耦合特性研究

摘要：挠曲电效应是由应变梯度引起的，与尺度相关的力电耦合效应。基于Kirchhoff板假设和挠曲电理论，本文推导了温度和电压作用下的压电薄板力-电-热耦合微分控制方程，定量分析了微分控制方程中非线性项的影响，并针对四周固支压电薄板采用Ritz法求解，数值计算了压电薄板的弯曲和振动行为。在研究温度和挠曲电效应对薄板耦合特性和力学行为的影响时，本文分别考虑了材料系数不随温度变化和随温度线性变化两种情况。以PZT-5H为例，我们讨论了挠曲电和温度对压电薄板的横向位移和固有频率的影响。研究结果表明挠曲电效应对压电纳米薄板的力学行为影响很大，且具有明显的尺寸效应。此外，薄板对温度变化非常敏感。因此，可通过挠曲电效应和温度来调控压电纳米薄板的多场耦合特性和力学行为，进而优化基于压电薄板的NEMS/MEMS中传感器、作动器等电子器件的性能。     

基于广义应变梯度理论的纳米梁挠曲电效应研究

挠曲电效应是应变梯度与电极化的耦合，它存在于所有的电介质材料中。在纳米电介质结构的挠曲电效应研究中，应变梯度弹性对挠曲电响应的影响一直以来被低估甚至被忽略了。根据广义应变梯度理论，应变梯度弹性中独立的尺度参数只有三个，而文献中所采用的一个或两个尺度参数的应变梯度理论只是它的简化形式。基于该理论，论文建立了考虑广义应变梯度弹性的三维电介质结构的理论模型，并以一维纳米梁为例研究了其弯曲问题的挠曲电响应及其能量俘获特性。结果表明，纳米梁的挠曲电响应存在尺寸效应，并且弹性应变梯度会影响结构挠曲电的尺寸效应，特别是当结构的特征尺寸低于尺度参数时。论文的工作为更进一步理解纳米尺度下的挠曲电机理和能量俘获特性提供理论基础和设计依据。     

考虑挠曲电效应的压电纳米薄板力-电-热耦合特性研究

摘要：挠曲电效应是由应变梯度引起的,与尺度相关的力电耦合效应。基于Kirchhoff板假设和挠曲电理论,本文推导了温度和电压作用下的压电薄板力-电-热耦合微分控制方程,定量分析了微分控制方程中非线性项的影响,并针对四周固支压电薄板采用Ritz法求解,数值计算了压电薄板的弯曲和振动行为。在研究温度和挠曲电效应对薄板耦合特性和力学行为的影响时,本文分别考虑了材料系数不随温度变化和随温度线性变化两种情况。以PZT-5H为例,我们讨论了挠曲电和温度对压电薄板的横向位移和固有频率的影响。研究结果表明挠曲电效应对压电纳米薄板的力学行为影响很大,且具有明显的尺寸效应。此外,薄板对温度变化非常敏感。因此,可通过挠曲电效应和温度来调控压电纳米薄板的多场耦合特性和力学行为,进而优化基于压电薄板的NEMS/MEMS中传感器、作动器等电子器件的性能。     

固体电介质中的挠曲电效应

挠曲电效应通常描述为非均匀变形如应变梯度引起的电极化或者电场梯度引起的变形.应变梯度能够局部破坏晶体的反演对称从而在材料中诱导电极化,因此挠曲电效应是固体电介质材料中普遍存在的一种力电耦合效应.应变梯度和电场梯度均随材料尺寸的减小而迅速增大,在宏观尺度通常被忽略的挠曲电效应在微纳尺度反而起着非常重要的作用,会显著影响材...     

梁端质量和叠层形式对非线性俘能器性能的影响

基于哈密顿原理和梁的不可伸长条件,建立了在直接激励和参数激励下具有尖端质量的五层压电双晶片悬臂梁型非线性压电俘能器的分布参数微分运动方程。采用Galerkin方法获得力电耦合的Mathieu方程。利用谐波平衡方法来获得方程近似解的解析表达式。在参数激励、直接激励及其组合激励条件下,研究了梁端质量、负载电阻、基层厚度比对非线性压电俘能器性能的影响。研究结果表明,随着梁端质量的增加,参数激励系统起始阈值和共振频率减小。采用五层双晶片叠合梁,通过合理选择基层配置厚度比,可以有效地提高能量俘获效率。     

附磁压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能特性分析

流致振动蕴含巨大的能量,本文基于流致振动理论,设计了一种附加磁力激励的压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能器,并通过理论和实验研究其振动俘能特性.该俘能器由压电悬臂梁、圆柱绕流体和磁铁组成;首先基于Euler-Bernoulli梁理论,推导了流致振动附磁压电俘能器的能量函数,利用Hamilton原理建立了流致振动附磁压电俘能器的机电耦合方程;利用数值方法研究详细分析了流速、圆柱绕流体直径和长度、磁间距、磁极和外接电阻等系统参数对压电俘能器振动特性和输出电压的影响.分析结果表明,该型压电俘能器的振动幅值在低流速条件下产生涡激振动,并产生最大的输出电压;磁力可以降低压电俘能器的共振频率并能够拓宽压电俘能器频带带宽,因此,附磁压电俘能器具有相比没有附磁的压电俘能器更适用于低速层流环境;实验结果与数值结果吻合较好,验证了附磁压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能器的理论分析的正确性.     

附磁压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能特性分析

流致振动蕴含巨大的能量, 本文基于流致振动理论,设计了一种附加磁力激励的压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能器,并通过理论和实验研究其振动俘能特性.该俘能器由压电悬臂梁、圆柱绕流体和磁铁组成;首先基于Euler-Bernoulli梁理论,推导了流致振动附磁压电俘能器的能量函数,利用Hamilton原理建立了流致振动附磁压电俘能器的机电耦合方程;利用数值方法研究详细分析了流速、圆柱绕流体直径和长度、磁间距、磁极和外接电阻等系统参数对压电俘能器振动特性和输出电压的影响.分析结果表明, 该型压电俘能器的振动幅值在低流速条件下产生涡激振动,并产生最大的输出电压;磁力可以降低压电俘能器的共振频率并能够拓宽压电俘能器频带带宽,因此,附磁压电俘能器具有相比没有附磁的压电俘能器更适用于低速层流环境;实验结果与数值结果吻合较好,验证了附磁压电悬臂梁流致振动俘能器的理论分析的正确性.      

Structural and electrical dynamics of a grating-patterned triboelectric energy harvester with stick–slip oscillation and magnetic bistability

The majority of research work on triboelectric energy harvesting is on material science, manufacturing and electric circuit design. There is a lack of in-depth research into structural dynamics which is crucial for power generation in triboelectric energy harvesting. In this paper, a novel triboelectric energy harvester with a compact structure working in sliding mode is developed, which is in the form of a casing and an oscillator inside. Unlike most sliding-mode harvesters using single-unit films, the proposed harvester utilizes grating-patterned films which are much more efficient. A bistable mechanism consisting of two pairs of magnets is employed for broadening the frequency bandwidth. A theoretical model is established for the harvester, which couples the structural dynamics domain and electrical dynamics domain. This paper presents the first study about the nonlinear structural dynamics of a triboelectric energy harvester with grating-patterned films, which is also the first triboelectric energy harvester integrating grating-patterned films with a bistable magnetic system for power performance enhancement. Theoretical studies are carried out from the perspectives of both structural and electrical dynamics. Surface charge density and segment configuration of the films affect whether the electrostatic force influences the structural dynamics, which can be neglected under a low surface charge density. Differences in structural response and electrical output are found between a velocity-dependent model and Coulomb’s model for modelling the friction in the triboelectric energy harvesting system. The bistable mechanism can effectively improve the output voltage under low-frequency excitations. Additionally, the output voltage can also be obviously enhanced through increasing the number of the hollowed-out units of the grating-patterned films, which also results in a slight decrease in the optimal load resistance of the harvester. These findings enable innovative designs for triboelectric energy harvesters and provide fabrication guidelines in practical applications.

     

曲梁压电俘能器强迫振动的格林函数解

本文运用格林函数法求解了曲梁压电俘能器在强迫振动下的解析解.运用微分法分析了压电层合曲梁结构面内各内力,根据曲梁压电 俘能器的动力学方程组,基于压电本构关系,建立了包含径向阻尼但不考虑俘能器曲梁结构部分的轴向力以及轴向惯性项的Prescott力 电耦合模型. 采用Laplace变换法求得了耦合振动方程的格林函数解.根据叠加原理和格林函数的物理意义,对耦合的系统方程解耦进而 求得强迫振动下曲梁压电俘能器的输出电压. 数值计算中,通过与现有文献的解析解进行对比,验证了本文解析解的有效性,并研究了阻 尼、电阻等重要物理参数对压电函数和谐振频率的影响.通过与有关传统直梁压电俘能器研究成果的对比,体现了曲梁压 电俘能器Prescott模型的高效集能特性. 数值分析研究表明:(1)使得曲梁俘能器达到最大输出电压时连接的最优负载电 阻为1 M$\Omega$;(2)通过更换适当的基底材料,降低材料的弹性模量,可以改变曲梁俘能器的高基频现象,以使结构适应 更复杂的工作环境,但这会导致俘能器的工作效率降低.      

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from concurrent vortex-induced vibrations and base excitations

We investigate the potential of using a piezoelectric energy harvester to concurrently harness energy from base excitations and vortex-induced vibrations. The harvester consists of a multilayered piezoelectric cantilever beam with a circular cylinder tip mass attached to its free end which is placed in a uniform air flow and subjected to direct harmonic excitations. We model the fluctuating lift coefficient by a van der Pol wake oscillator. The Euler–Lagrange principle and the Galerkin procedure are used to derive a nonlinear distributed-parameter model for a harvester under a combination of vibratory base excitations and vortex-induced vibrations. Linear and nonlinear analyses are performed to investigate the effects of the electrical load resistance, wind speed, and base acceleration on the coupled frequency, electromechanical damping, and performance of the harvester. It is demonstrated that, when the wind speed is in the pre- or post-synchronization regions, its associated electromechanical damping is increased and hence a reduction in the harvested power is obtained. When the wind speed is in the lock-in or synchronization region, the results show that there is a significant improvement in the level of the harvested power which can attain 150 % compared to using two separate harvesters. The results also show that an increase of the base acceleration results in a reduction in the vortex-induced vibrations effects, an increase of the difference between the resonant excitation frequency and the pull-out frequency, and a significant effects associated with the quenching phenomenon.     

Nanoscale flexoelectric energy harvesting

One of the most tantalizing applications of piezoelectricity is to harvest energy from ambient mechanical vibrations for powering micro and nano devices. However, piezoelectricity is restricted only to certain materials and is severely compromised at high temperatures. In this article, we examine in detail, the possibility of using the phenomenon of flexoelectricity for energy harvesting. The flexoelectric effect is universally present in all dielectrics and exhibits a strong scaling with size. Using a simple beam-based paradigmatical design, we theoretically and computationally examine flexoelectric energy harvesting under harmonic mechanical excitation. We find that the output power density and conversion efficiency increase significantly when the beam thickness reduces from micro to nanoscale and flexoelectricity-based energy harvesting can be a viable alternative to piezoelectrics. Specifically, the conversion efficiency in flexoelectric transduction at sub-micron thickness levels is observed to increase by two orders of magnitude as the thickness is reduced by an order of magnitude. The flexoelectric energy harvester works even for a single layer beam with a symmetric cross section which is not possible in piezoelectric energy harvesting. Our results also pave the way for exploration of high temperature energy harvesting since unlike piezoelectricity, flexoelectricity persists well beyond the Curie temperatures of the high electromechanical coupling ferroelectrics that are often used.     

基于等效电路法的变三角截面驰振压电能量收集研究

随着能源危机的逐渐加剧，人们对压电俘能器研究的投入也与日俱增，目前常见的研究压电俘能器的模拟方法只能研究其接入简单的单一电阻负载电路时的性能，且不能解决压电俘能器的高强度直流电路耦合问题。因此，本文借助二阶范德波尔控制方程将压电俘能器的主要部件等效为电子元件，进而基于等效电路法建立了与变三角截面驰振压电振动俘能器相对应的等效电路模型。借助风洞实验验证了所建立的等效电路模型的准确性。采用该模型研究了外接电路，钝体顶角，外接电阻和来流速度对变三角截面驰振压电俘能器输出电压，输出功率和响应位移的影响，结果表明，随着电阻的增大，输出电压逐渐增大且增长率逐渐减小。交直流电路的最佳负载分别为1.05 MΩ和1.4 MΩ，当风速为7.03 m/s，钝体顶角为90°时，交直流电路输出电压和输出功率的峰值分别为41.34 V，0.974 mW和50.8 V，0.616 mW。随着钝体顶角的增大，输出电压，输出功率和响应位移均逐渐增大且增大的速度逐渐减小。等效电路模型可以高效，准确地对不同结构参数下和外界电路下的压电振动俘能器的输出功率，输出电压，响应位移及其影响因素进行研究，所提出的等效电路模型于加快对压电振动俘能器的研究与推广应用具有一定意义。     

Exploiting the subharmonic parametric resonances of a buckled beam for vibratory energy harvesting

The potential of harvesting vibratory energy via a bistable beam subjected to subharmonic parametric excitations is investigated. The vibrating structure is a buckled beam with two stable equilibria separated by a potential barrier. The beam is subjected to a superposition of a static axial load beyond its buckling load and a harmonic axial excitation whose frequency is around twice the frequency of the buckled beam’s first vibration mode. A macro-fiber composite patch is attached to one side of the beam to convert the strain energy resulting from the beam’s oscillation into electricity. The study considers two regimes of excitations: an amplitude sweep and a frequency sweep. In the first regime, the amplitude of excitation is quasi-statically varied while the excitation frequency is tuned at twice the natural frequency of the first vibration mode. In the second regime, the excitation frequency is swept forward and backward around the subharmonic resonant frequency while the amplitude of excitation is kept constant. A theoretical model which governs the electromechanical coupling of the transverse vibrations of the beam and the output voltage is used to monitor the response as the excitation parameters are changed. An experimental setup is also built and a series of tests is performed to validate the theoretical findings. It is shown that, depending on the amplitude and frequency of excitation, the harvester can perform small-amplitude periodic intra-well motion, intra- and inter-well chaotic motions, as well as periodic inter-well motions. Experimental results also show that, as compared to the classical linear resonance, utilizing the sub-harmonic resonance of a bistable energy harvesters can result in a broadband frequency response.