The transformation of vibrations into electric energy through theuse of piezoelectric devices is an exciting and rapidly developingarea of research with a widening range of applications constantlymaterialising. With Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting,world-leading researchers provide a timely and comprehensivecoverage of the electromechanical modelling and applications ofpiezoelectric energy harvesters. They present principal modellingapproaches, synthesizing fundamental material related tomechanical, aerospace, civil, electrical and materials engineeringdisciplines for vibration-based energy harvesting usingpiezoelectric transduction.
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting provides the firstcomprehensive treatment of distributed-parameter electromechanicalmodelling for piezoelectric energy harvesting with extensive casestudies including experimental validations, and is the first bookto address modelling of various forms of excitation inpiezoelectric energy harvesting, ranging from airflow excitation tomoving loads, thus ensuring its relevance to engineers in fields asdisparate as aerospace engineering and civil engineering.
Coverage includes:
* Analytical and approximate analytical distributed-parameterelectromechanical models with illustrative theoretical case studiesas well as extensive experimental validations
* Several problems of piezoelectric energy harvesting rangingfrom simple harmonic excitation to random vibrations
* Details of introducing and modelling piezoelectric coupling forvarious problems
* Modelling and exploiting nonlinear dynamics for performanceenhancement, supported with experimental verifications
* Applications ranging from moving load excitation of slenderbridges to airflow excitation of aeroelastic sections
* A review of standard nonlinear energy harvesting circuits withmodelling aspects.