TY - JOUR
T1 - Piezoelectric energy harvesting from flexible delta wings
AU - Alrowaijeh, Jamal S.
AU - Hajj, Muhammad R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - The potential for harvesting energy from a flexible delta wing using a piezoelectric bimorph is experimentally investigated. Different configurations of the proposed harvesting system were tested in a wind tunnel over a broad range of airspeeds. In addition to evaluating the level of harvested power, an analysis is performed to extract critical aspects for the relation between speed, flexibility, geometry and the potential power that can be harvested from a clamped, cantilevered flexible delta wing at low angles of attack and low speeds. This analysis provides an insight into parameters that impact energy harvesting from flexible membranes or elements.
AB - The potential for harvesting energy from a flexible delta wing using a piezoelectric bimorph is experimentally investigated. Different configurations of the proposed harvesting system were tested in a wind tunnel over a broad range of airspeeds. In addition to evaluating the level of harvested power, an analysis is performed to extract critical aspects for the relation between speed, flexibility, geometry and the potential power that can be harvested from a clamped, cantilevered flexible delta wing at low angles of attack and low speeds. This analysis provides an insight into parameters that impact energy harvesting from flexible membranes or elements.
KW - Bending stiffness
KW - Delta wing
KW - Energy harvesting
KW - Mass ratio
KW - Piezoelectric
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U2 - 10.1016/j.taml.2018.04.005
DO - 10.1016/j.taml.2018.04.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056758731
VL - 8
SP - 267
EP - 271
JO - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
JF - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
IS - 4
ER -