Effects of nonlinear piezoelectric coupling on energy harvesters under direct excitation

A nonlinear analysis of an energy harvester consisting of a multilayered cantilever beam with a tip mass is performed. The model takes into account geometric, inertia, and piezoelectric nonlinearities. A combination of the Galerkin technique, the extended Hamilton principle, and the Gauss law is used to derive a reduced-order model of the harvester. The method of multiple scales is used to determine analytical expressions for the tip deflection, output voltage, and harvested power near the first global natural frequency. The results show that one- or two-mode approximations are not sufficient to produce accurate estimates of the voltage and harvested power. A parametric study is performed to investigate the effects of the nonlinear piezoelectric coefficients and the excitation amplitude on the system response. The effective nonlinearity may be of the hardening or softening type, depending on the relative magnitudes of the different nonlinearities.     

参数和直接激励下非线性压电俘能器性能分析的多尺度法

考虑几何非线性、阻尼非线性和梁的轴向不可伸长条件,利用Hamilton变分原理,建立了参数激励和直接激励下压电俘能器的非线性力电耦合的运动微分方程;利用Galerkin法,将所建立的动力学偏微分方程降阶为力电耦合的Mathieu-Duffing型方程;采用多尺度法获得了梁的位移和输出电压的解析表达式,给出了解的稳定性条件;利用解析表达式研究了单独参数激励以及参数激励和直接激励共同作用下阻尼系数对压电俘能器性能的影响。结果表明,在参数激励情况下,线性阻尼会显著影响超临界分岔点的位置,非线性二次阻尼不会影响超临界分岔点的位置。参数激励和直接激励的结合可以作为提升压电能量俘获器性能的解决方案。     

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.     

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters under simultaneous parametric and external excitations

The nonlinear dynamics of cantilevered piezoelectric beams is investigated under simultaneous parametric and external excitations. The beam is composed of a substrate and two piezoelectric layers and assumed as an Euler–Bernoulli model with inextensible deformation. A nonlinear distributed parameter model of cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters is proposed using the generalized Hamilton's principle. The proposed model includes geometric and inertia nonlinearity, but neglects the material nonlinearity. Using the Galerkin decomposition method and harmonic balance method, analytical expressions of the frequency–response curves are presented when the first bending mode of the beam plays a dominant role. Using these expressions, we investigate the effects of the damping, load resistance, electromechanical coupling, and excitation amplitude on the frequency–response curves. We also study the difference between the nonlinear lumped-parameter and distributedparameter model for predicting the performance of the energy harvesting system. Only in the case of parametric excitation, we demonstrate that the energy harvesting system has an initiation excitation threshold below which no energy can be harvested.We also illustrate that the damping and load resistance affect the initiation excitation threshold.     

双稳态压电俘能器的簇发振荡与俘能效率分析

本文从理论上分析了双稳态压电俘能器在高频激励下的动力学行为和低频激励下的簇发振荡, 旨在为系统找到多条高能轨道从而提高俘能效率. 首先, 介绍了双稳态压电俘能器的结构以及一般模型. 与工程上研究俘能器的目的不同, 本文主要从动力学方面分析了俘能器的运动, 电压输出与效率, 包括高频激励下系统的低能阱内周期运动、阱间混沌运动等, 并说明了单个低频激励下双稳态压电俘能器会在阱间高能轨道上发生簇发振荡, 但在阱内低能轨道上只做周期运动. 同时, 结合振幅以及势阱深度等因素对簇发振荡的存在性和强度进行分析. 为了说明高能轨道与低能轨道对系统俘能效率的影响, 讨论了不同的等效阻尼、负载电阻下俘能器输出电压的变化, 找到了最优匹配. 最后, 对于多个低频外激励的情况, 从不同的轨道组合模式上得到了双高能簇发振荡模式输出的电压最大, 其次是单高能簇发振荡与单低能周期振荡的组合模式, 输出电压最低的是双低能周期振荡模式. 并与单个外激励进行对比, 表现了多个激励的良好性能.      

等效刚度对非线性压电俘能系统性能影响研究

基于Hamilton原理,考虑几何非线性和梁的不可伸长条件,建立了五层压电双晶片叠合梁俘能器在直接和参数激励作用下的运动微分方程。利用Galerkin法和谐波平衡法获得了俘能器的位移、输出电压和输出功率的解析解。引入随时间变化的扰动,提出了非线性方程解的稳定性条件。为了对压电俘能器的结构-性能关系进行综合分析,研究了被动层的配置形式、被动层与主动层的厚度比和弹性模量对压电俘能系统性能的影响。结果表明,在叠合梁厚度不变的情况下,采用五层的压电双晶片叠合结构,选择合理的被动层与主动层厚度比、被动层弹性模量、被动层厚度比和负载电阻,可以有效提高能量俘获的效率。     

Accurate modeling,comparative analysis,and performance enhancement of broadband piezoelectric energy harvesters with single and dual magnetic forces

The accurate electromechanical modeling and effectiveness of a piezoelectric energy harvester having dual magnetic forces at its tip is evaluated for low-frequency excitation purposes. To accurately represent the magnetic force, the exact finite element magnetic force is accurately fitted with a fifth-order polynomial representation in order to use it for low spacing distances between the two magnets. A comparative study is then carried out between the performances of piezoelectric energy harvesters having single and dual magnetic forces. It is indicated that hardening nonlinear behaviors take place in the dual attractive magnets compared to softening behaviors in the single magnet design. Static and eigenvalue problem analyses are also performed in order to determine the impacts of the spacing distance between the magnets on the static deflection and fundamental natural frequency of the energy harvester. The results show that the inclusion of a second magnetic force with an attractive interaction results in a delay in the static pull-in and a decrease in the fundamental natural frequency for same spacing distances. After that, a nonlinear distributed-parameter model is derived using the Galerkin discretization and used to study the performance and effectiveness of a piezoelectric energy harvester with dual attractive magnetic forces. The results show that the attractive dual magnets with same spacing distances lead to the presence of broadband resonance regions when the spacing distance between the magnets decreases to lower values. In addition, unlike the dual magnetic forces configuration which has only cubic nonlinearity, it is demonstrated that the single magnetic force configuration results in the presence of the quadratic nonlinearity which allows the energy harvester to have a softening behavior.     

Dynamic analysis of piezoelectric energy harvester under combination parametric and internal resonance: a theoretical and experimental study

In this work, theoretical and experimental analysis of a piezoelectric energy harvester with parametric base excitation is presented under combination parametric resonance condition. The harvester consists of a cantilever beam with a piezoelectric patch and an attached mass, which is positioned in such a way that the system exhibits 1:3 internal resonance. The generalized Galerkin’s method up to two modes is used to obtain the temporal form of the nonlinear electromechanical governing equation of motion. The method of multiple scales is used to reduce the equations of motion into a set of first-order differential equations. The fixed-point response and the stability of the system under combination parametric resonance are studied. The multi-branched non-trivial response exhibits bifurcations such as turning point and Hopf bifurcations. Experiments are performed under various resonance conditions. This study on the parametric excitation along with combination and internal resonances will help to harvest energy for a wider frequency range from ambient vibrations.

     

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.      

Investigations on the presence of electrical frequency on the characteristics of energy harvesters under base and galloping excitations

The characteristics and performance of piezoelectric energy harvesters concurrently subjected to galloping and base excitations when using a complex electrical circuit are studied. The considered energy harvester is composed of a bilayered cantilever beam with a square cylindrical structure at its tip. Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, nonlinear quasi-steady hypothesis, and Galerkin method are used to develop a reduced order model of this system. The electrical circuitry of the harvester consists of a load resistance, a capacitance, and an inductance. The impacts of the electrical components of the harvester’s circuitry, the wind speed, and the base excitation frequency and acceleration on the broadband characteristics of the harvester, quenching phenomenon, and appearance of new nonlinear behaviors are deeply investigated and discussed. Different methods were used to characterize the new nonlinear phenomena that took place due to mechanical electrical interaction like the power spectrum and time history. When both coupled frequencies of electrical and mechanical types exist and are far from each other, it is shown that the quenching phenomenon is only related to the coupled frequency of mechanical type. It was also proven that this configuration results on high harvested power with low displacement near the electrical frequency. On the other hand, for a well-defined choice of the electrical components, the results show that a broadband configuration of the harvester can be designed. It is also indicated that the quenching phenomenon interacts with the appearance of hysteresis regions that depends on the value of the base acceleration and initial conditions. Moreover, it was shown that the presence of this inductance may result in broadband system harvesting more power from both galloping and base excitation.     

Nonlinear characterization of concurrent energy harvesting from galloping and base excitations

An energy harvester is proposed to concurrently harness energy from base and galloping excitations. This harvester consists of a triangular cross-sectional tip mass attached to a multilayered piezoelectric cantilever beam and placed in an incompressible flow and subjected to a harmonic base excitation in the cross-flow direction. A coupled nonlinear-distributed-parameter model is developed representing the dynamics of the transverse degree of freedom and the generated voltage. The galloping force and moment are modeled by using a nonlinear quasi-steady approximation. Under combined loadings and when the excitation frequency is away from the global natural frequency of the harvester, the response of the harvester mainly contains these two harmonic frequencies. Thus, the harvester’s response is generally aperiodic and is either periodic with large period (i.e., period- \(n\) ), or quasi-periodic, or chaotic. To characterize the harvester’s response under a combination of vibratory base excitations and aerodynamic loading, we use modern methods of nonlinear dynamics, such as phase portraits, power spectra, and Poincaré sections. A further analysis is then performed to determine the effects of the wind speed, frequency excitation, base acceleration, and electrical load resistance on the performance of the harvester under separate loadings.     

带附加质量块的压电圆板能量采集器振动分析

基于圆板的压电能量采集技术在取代化学电池为低功耗电子器件提供能源方面具有巨大的潜能. 本文通过理论建模和数值仿真研究了考虑附加质量接触面积的压电圆板能量采集器的采集性能. 首先, 基于基尔霍夫薄板理论, 用广义哈密顿原理推导了带附加质量块的压电圆板能量采集器的机电耦合方程, 并用伽辽金法对方程近似离散, 通过离散方程得到电压、功率输出和最优负载阻抗的闭合解. 用有限元仿真对所提出的理论模型进行了验证, 结果表明该理论模型可以成功地预测压电圆板能量采集器输出电压和功率. 最后, 基于闭合解探讨了负载阻抗、附加质量块、压电圆板的内外半径等相关参数对压电圆板能量采集器固有频率、输出电压和功率的影响. 结果表明, 当质量块与复合板的接触半径足够小(本文中接触半径小于板半径的1/14)时, 质量块与复合圆板的接触面积可以忽略; 相较于无孔的压电片, 内径位于2.5 ~ 4 mm范围内的压电片可以提高能量采集器的采集性能; 附加质量、压电片外径和负载阻抗的合理选择既可以降低压电圆板的固有频率, 还可以提高其采集性能.      

基于人体运动的压电-电磁混合式振动能量采集研究

将人体运动产生的动能转化为可利用的电能为传感器供电一直是能量采研究中的一个热点。如何有效利用人体运动,增强环境适应能力以及提高能量采集性能仍是俘能研究中需要解决的关键问题。本文基于人体运动特性,设计了一种新型的混合式能量采集器,同时具有压电和电磁转化机制。压电俘能是基于压电梁变形产生电能,电磁发电机采用堆叠磁组构型来切割线圈产生电动势。首先建立了混合式能量采集器的动力学理论模型,用来描述输出电压特性,并与实验进行了对比验证。理论与实验研究均表明,混合式俘能器的输出电压在一定激励频率范围内出现两个波峰。通过调节压电梁长度,可以改变峰值大小以及两个峰值间的频段范围。人体运动实验表明,混合式俘能器中可以在短时间内提供较高的电压输出,比如当跑步速度为5km/h时,3s内就可以输出1.1V直流电压驱动传感器工作;跑步时长为30s时,传感器正常工作时常可以达到77s。本文设计的混合式俘能器不仅可以快速供电,还具有较强的续航能力,这为电池充电或传感器供电提供了潜在的应用价值。     

Modeling and analysis of piezoaeroelastic energy harvesters

This work investigates the influence of structural and aerodynamic nonlinearities on the dynamic behavior of a piezoaeroelastic system. The system is composed of a rigid airfoil supported by nonlinear torsional and flexural springs in the pitch and plunge motions, respectively, with a piezoelectric coupling attached to the plunge degree of freedom. The analysis shows that the effect of the electrical load resistance on the flutter speed is negligible in comparison to the effects of the linear spring coefficients. The effects of aerodynamic nonlinearities and nonlinear plunge and pitch spring coefficients on the system’s stability near the bifurcation are determined from the nonlinear normal form. This is useful to characterize the effects of different parameters on the system’s output and ensure that subcritical or “catastrophic” bifurcation does not take place. Numerical solutions of the coupled equations for two different configurations are then performed to determine the effects of varying the load resistance and the nonlinear spring coefficients on the limit-cycle oscillations (LCO) in the pitch and plunge motions, the voltage output and the harvested power.     

Time-varying nonlinear dynamics of a deploying piezoelectric laminated composite plate under aerodynamic force

Using Reddy’s high-order shear theory for laminated plates and Hamilton’s principle, a nonlinear partial differential equation for the dynamics of a deploying cantilevered piezoelectric laminated composite plate, under the combined action of aerodynamic load and piezoelectric excitation, is introduced. Two-degree of freedom (DOF) nonlinear dynamic models for the time-varying coefficients describing the transverse vibration of the deploying laminate under the combined actions of a first-order aerodynamic force and piezoelectric excitation were obtained by selecting a suitable time-dependent modal function satisfying the displacement boundary conditions and applying second-order discretization using the Galerkin method. Using a numerical method, the time history curves of the deploying laminate were obtained, and its nonlinear dynamic characteristics, including extension speed and different piezoelectric excitations, were studied. The results suggest that the piezoelectric excitation has a clear effect on the change of the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of such piezoelectric laminated composite plates. The nonlinear vibration of the deploying cantilevered laminate can be effectively suppressed by choosing a suitable voltage and polarity.     

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.      

Complicated nonlinear responses of a simply supported FGM rectangular plate under combined parametric and external excitations

In this paper, we use the asymptotic perturbation method based on the Fourier expansion and the temporal rescaling to investigate the nonlinear oscillations and chaotic dynamics of a simply supported rectangular plate made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) subjected to a through-thickness temperature field together with parametric and external excitations. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent. Based on the Reddy’s third-order plate theory, the governing equations of motion for the plate are derived using the Hamilton’s principle. The Galerkin procedure is employed to obtain a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system including the quadratic and cubic nonlinear terms. The resonant case considered here is 1:2 internal resonance, principal parametric resonance-1/2 subharmonic resonance. Based on the averaged equation in polar coordinate form, the stability of steady state solutions is analyzed. The phase portrait, waveform and Poincaré map are used to analyze the periodic and chaotic motions of the FGM rectangular plate. It is found that the FGM rectangular plate exhibits the chaotic motions under certain circumstances. It is seen that the nonlinear dynamic responses of the FGM rectangular plate are more sensitive to transverse excitation. The excitation force can be used as a controlling factor which can change the response of the FGM rectangular plate from periodic motion to the chaotic motion.     

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。     

Energy harvesting from the secondary resonances of a nonlinear piezoelectric beam under hard harmonic excitation

Meccanica - This paper investigates the dynamical response of a nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvester under a hard harmonic excitation and assesses its output power. The system is composed of a...     

翼型颤振压电俘能器的输出特性研究

压电俘能器能够为自然界中低功率的微机电系统持续供能. 为了模拟机翼的沉浮?俯仰二自由度运动和有效俘获气动弹性振动能量, 本文提出一种新颖的翼型颤振压电俘能器. 基于非定常气动力模型, 推导翼型颤振压电俘能器流?固?电耦合场的数学模型. 建立有限元模型, 模拟机翼的沉浮?俯仰二自由度运动, 获得机翼附近的涡旋脱落和流场特性. 搭建风洞实验系统, 制作压电俘能器样机. 利用实验验证理论和仿真模型的正确性, 仿真分析压电俘能器结构参数对其气动弹性振动响应和俘获性能的影响. 结果表明: 理论分析、仿真模拟和实验研究获得的输出电压具有较好的一致性, 验证建立数学和仿真模型的正确性. 仿真分析获得机翼附近的压力场变化云图, 表明交替的压力差驱动机翼发生二自由度沉浮?俯仰运动. 当风速超过颤振起始速度时, 压电俘能器发生颤振, 并表现为极限环振荡. 当偏心距为0.3和风速为16 m/s时, 可获得最大输出电压为17.88 V和输出功率为1.278 mW. 功率密度为7.99 mW/cm3, 相比较于其他压电俘能器, 能实现优越的俘获性能. 研究结果对设计更高效的翼型颤振压电俘能器提供重要的指导意义.