Evaluation of piezoelectric energy harvester under dynamic bending by means of hybrid mathematical/isogeometric analysis

Abstract

In this paper, a novel hybrid mathematical/ isogeometric analysis (IGA) scheme is implemented to evaluate the energy harvesting of the piezoelectric composite plate under dynamic bending. The NURBS-based IGA is applied to obtain the structural response exerted by the mechanical loading. The dynamic responses conveniently coupled with the governing voltage differential equations to estimate the energy harvested. The capabilities of the scheme are shown with the comparison against analytical and full electromechanical finite element results. As there is no need of fully coupled electromechanical element, the scheme provides cheaper computational cost and could be implemented with standard computational software. Thus, it gives great benefit for early design stage. Moreover, the robustness of the scheme is shown by the couple with high order IGA element which has been proven less prone to the shear locking phenomena in the literature. The computational results show greater accuracy on structural responses and energy estimation for a very thin plate compared to the couple with standard finite element method.

Implementation of multiphase piezoelectric composites energy harvester on aircraft wingbox structure with fuel saving evaluation

“…Akbar and Curiel-Sosa [25] proposed the hybrid analytical/numerical scheme for dynamic bending condition which implemented in a cruise scenario. The extension of the hybrid scheme can be seen in [26]. Advance numerical method, i.e., isogeometric analysis, is coupled with the scheme and provides better shear locking resistance.…”

“…Shear locking itself commonly occurs in thin shells and leads to a poor accuracy [27,28]. The hybrid scheme also shows faster computational time compared to a full electromechanical finite element model [26]. Hence, it is considered a good alternative in the early design stage.…”

Evaluation of Piezoelectric-based Composite for Actuator Application via FEM with Thermal Analogy

“…Implementation of plate and shell theories for advanced piezoelectric composite has also been proposed in various studies, from the classical plate theory to a higher-order shear deformation theory [34], as well as for static and dynamic analyses [35,36]. Moreover, new piezoelectric finite element concepts for energy harvesting have also been discussed in a few articles [37,38].…”

An iterative finite element method for piezoelectric energy harvesting composite with implementation to lifting structures under Gust Load Conditions

“…This hybrid scheme was implemented to evaluate energy harvesting potential from a wingbox of a civil jet transport aircraft. Further discussed in [40], a faster computational time was benefitted from this hybrid scheme compared to the full electromechanically coupled FEM of [16]. The hybrid scheme was further elaborated in [39].…”

“…Despite the fact that the models built in [13,14,[34][35][36][37] provided the platforms to evaluate the energy harvesting potential from the lifting structure under cruise/gust loads, to the authors ′ knowledge, comparison with other methods have not yet been conducted. Only the hybrid scheme in [38,40] has been validated with analytical and FEM solutions, although the approach was only compared to the base excitation problem of [41]. Therefore, in the present work, a novel computational method to evaluate the energy harvesting on the lifting structure is developed.…”