TY - JOUR
T1 - Power harvesting from transverse galloping of square cylinder
AU - Abdelkefi, Abdessattar
AU - Hajj, Muhammad R.
AU - Nayfeh, Ali H.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - The concept of exploiting galloping of square cylinders to harvest energy is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a piezoelectric transducer to the transverse degree of freedom. A representative model that accounts for the coupled cylinder displacement and harvested voltage is used to determine the levels of the harvested power. The focus is on the effect of the Reynolds number on the aerodynamic force, the onset of galloping, and the level of the harvested power. The quasi steady approximation is used to model the aerodynamic loads. A linear analysis is performed to determine the effects of the electrical load resistance and the Reynolds number on the onset of galloping, which is due to a Hopf bifurcation. We derive the normal form of the dynamic system near the onset of galloping to characterize the type of the instability and to determine the effects of the system parameters on its outputs near the bifurcation. The results show that the electrical load resistance and the Reynolds number play an important role in determining the level of the harvested power and the onset of galloping. The results also show that the maximum levels of harvested power are accompanied with minimum transverse displacements for both low- and high- Reynolds number configurations.
AB - The concept of exploiting galloping of square cylinders to harvest energy is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a piezoelectric transducer to the transverse degree of freedom. A representative model that accounts for the coupled cylinder displacement and harvested voltage is used to determine the levels of the harvested power. The focus is on the effect of the Reynolds number on the aerodynamic force, the onset of galloping, and the level of the harvested power. The quasi steady approximation is used to model the aerodynamic loads. A linear analysis is performed to determine the effects of the electrical load resistance and the Reynolds number on the onset of galloping, which is due to a Hopf bifurcation. We derive the normal form of the dynamic system near the onset of galloping to characterize the type of the instability and to determine the effects of the system parameters on its outputs near the bifurcation. The results show that the electrical load resistance and the Reynolds number play an important role in determining the level of the harvested power and the onset of galloping. The results also show that the maximum levels of harvested power are accompanied with minimum transverse displacements for both low- and high- Reynolds number configurations.
KW - Energy harvesting
KW - Hopf bifurcation
KW - Normal form
KW - Piezoelectric material
KW - Square cylinders
KW - Transverse galloping
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U2 - 10.1007/s11071-012-0538-4
DO - 10.1007/s11071-012-0538-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870991184
SN - 0924-090X
VL - 70
SP - 1355
EP - 1363
JO - Nonlinear Dynamics
JF - Nonlinear Dynamics
IS - 2
ER -