Mechanism exploration of piezoelectric energy harvesting from vibration in beams subjected to moving harmonic loads

Abstract This article formulates the problem of vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting from a simply supported beam subjected to moving harmonic load excitations. The piezoelectric harvester can be installed at arbitrary position of the beam. The acceleration of the beam is obtained by the mode superposition method. It is also the base acceleration input of the energy harvester to couple with the generalized electromechanical equations for moving harmonic load excitation. An exact analytical solution is then presented for the problem. Furthermore, the result expressions for the coupled mechanical response and the electrical outputs are derived, and a closed-form exact expression is obtained for the undamped case. Additionally, a numerical parametric study is conducted to highlight the effects of load frequencies and the installing positions of harvesters on electrical outputs. The phenomenon of two energy peaks is observed and its physical mechanism is explored in detail. The research results demonstrated an effective strategy to design broadband vibration energy harvesters used in bridge systems.

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