Reference : Numerical Modelling of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices
Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
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Computational Sciences
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/13512
Numerical Modelling of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices
English
Ravi, Srivathsan[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit >]
Zilian, Andreas[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit >]
2013
No
International
IWPMA 2013
2013
Hanover
Germany
[en] This paper introduces a monolithic approach that provides simultaneous modeling and analysis of the coupled energy harvester, which involves surface-coupled fluid-structure interaction, volume-coupled piezoelectric mechanics and a controlling energy harvesting circuit for applications in energy harvesting. The weak form of the governing equations is discretized by the space-time finite element method based on a mixed velocity-stress/rate form of the potential-dielectric displacement framework. The results will be compared to the simple cases with closed-form solution available from literature.