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Low harvested energy poses a significant challenge to sustaining continuous communication in energy harvesting (EH)-powered wireless sensor networks. This is mainly due to intermittent and limited power availability from radio frequency…
Triboelectric nanogenerators or TENGs and piezoelectric nanogenerators or PENGs have emerged as promising platforms for harvesting mechanical energy and converting it into electrical energy for powering flexible electronic devices. However,…
Energy harvesting is a technology for enabling green, sustainable, and autonomous wireless networks. In this paper, a large-scale wireless network with energy harvesting transmitters is considered, where a group of transmitters forms a…
This paper presents the analysis of an efficient alternative interface circuit for MEMS electrostatic energy harvesters. It is entirely composed by diodes and capacitors. Based on modeling and simulation, the anti-phase gap-closing…
We investigate elastic wave propagation in finitely deformed dielectric elastomers in the presence of an electrostatic field. To analyze the propagation of both longitudinal (P-) and transverse (S-) waves, we utilize compressible material…
The piezoelectric nanomaterial ZnO exhibits an excellent piezoelectric response that can transduce mechanical energy into electrical signals by applying pressure. The piezoelectric behavior of ZnO nanostructures (especially nanorods or…
We develop performance criteria for the objective comparison of different classes of single-degree-of-freedom oscillators under stochastic excitation. For each family of oscillators, these objective criteria take into account the maximum…
In this letter, a novel wireless powered protocol is proposed to maximize the system throughput of an energy harvesting (EH) based cognitive radio network, while satisfying a minimum primary user rate requirement. For EH, we exploit both…
IoT devices are increasingly being implemented with neural network models to enable smart applications. Energy harvesting (EH) technology that harvests energy from ambient environment is a promising alternative to batteries for powering…
Massive MIMO is attractive for wireless information and energy transfer due to its ability to focus energy towards desired spatial locations. In this paper, the overall power transfer efficiency (PTE) and the energy efficiency (EE) of a…
The nonlinear mechanics of a flexible elastic rod constrained at its edges by a pair of sliding sleeves is analyzed. The planar equilibrium configurations of this variable-length elastica are found to have shape defined only by the…
We present a general energy approach to study the unsteady adhesive contact of viscoelastic materials. Under the assumption of infinitely short-range adhesive interactions, we exploit the principle of virtual work to generalize Griffith…
The biomechanical energy harvester is expected to harvest the electric energies from human motions. A tradeoff between harvesting energy and keeping the user's natural movements should be balanced via optimization techniques. In previous…
A problem of performance enhancement for multiple frequencies estimation is studied. First, we consider a basic gradient-based estimation approach with global exponential convergence. Next, we apply dynamic regressor extension and mixing…
The problem of acquiring elastic properties of a composite material from the data of the vibrational testing is considered. The specimen is considered to abide by the linear elasticity laws and subject to viscoelastic damping. The BVP for…
We propose a protocol to model accurately the electromechanical behavior of dielectric elastomer membranes using experimental data of stress-stretch and voltage-stretch tests. We show how the relationship between electric displacement and…
Piezoelectric micro-electro-mechanical systems have significant market potential owing to their superior capabilities of transduction to those of standard capacitive and piezoresistive devices. However, piezoelectric films are often lossy,…
The motion of a forced vibro-impacting inclined energy harvester is investigated in parameter regimes with asymmetry in the number of impacts on the bottom and top of the device. This motion occurs beyond a grazing bifurcation, at which…
Wind turbines degrade over time, resulting in varying structural, aeroelastic, and aerodynamic properties. In contrast, the turbine controller calibrations generally remain constant, leading to suboptimal performance and potential stability…
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH) are usually used to convert mechanical energy (vibration, shocks) into electrical energy, in order to supply energy-autonomous sensor nodes in industrial, biomedical or domotic applications. Non-linear…