Piezoelectric-based energy harvesting from bridge vibrations subjected to moving successive vehicles by functionally graded cantilever beams – Theoretical and experimental investigations

• Published in: Mechanical systems and signal processing Vol. 188; p. 110015
• Main Authors: Mousavi, Mohammad, Ziaei-Rad, Saeed, Karimi, Amir Hossein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Consecutive moving masses; Euler-Bernoulli beam; Functionally graded material; Piezoelectric energy harvesting; Timoshenko beam; Consecutive moving masses; Piezoelectric energy harvesting; Functionally graded material; Timoshenko beam; Euler-Bernoulli beam

This study aims to harvest electrical energy from the vibrations of bridges. For this purpose, a functionally graded (FG) cantilever beam installed at the mid-point of a bridge was utilised. First, the motion equations for the bridge and FG harvester were acquired based on Hamilton's principle....