Vibration energy harvesting is being pursued as a means to power wireless sensors and ultra-low power autonomous devices. From a design standpoint, matching the electrical damping induced by the energy harvesting mechanism to the mechanical damping in the system is necessary for maximum efficiency. In this work two independent energy harvesting techniques are coupled to provide higher electrica...

Cable structure is a major component of long-span bridges, such as cable-stayed and suspension bridges, and it transfers the main loads of bridges to the pylons. As these cable structures are exposed to continuous external loads, such as vehicle and wind loads, vibration control and continuous monitoring of the cable are required. In this study, an electromagnetic (EM) damper was designed and f...

1 Introduction Energy harvesting (EH) research area has been emerged to build self-powered wireless electrical devices such as wireless sensors by collecting ambient or wasted energy. This EH technology is highly demanding because wireless sensors are increasingly used in the areas of structural health monitoring (SHM), building automation, and so on. The battery, a current power source for wir...

A considerable attention has been given to the energy harvesting system, as the energy obtained from this system is used for powering up small electronic devices instead of using batteries. Battery manufactures make batteries of required size with long life of usage. However, it is difficult to replace such batteries once its life is expired. This difficulty can be partially overcome by using t...

Flow-induced vibration (FIV) energy harvesting has attracted extensive research interest in the past two decades. Remarkable achievements and contributions from different aspects are briefly overviewed. Example applications of FIV techniques development Internet Things mentioned. The challenges difficulties this field summarized sides. First, multi-physics coupling problem still cannot be well ...