On the Modeling and Analysis of an Energy Harvester Moving Vibration Absorber for Power Lines

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oumar Barry ◽  
Mohammad Bukhari
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Vibration Absorber ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Design Engineers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Suppression Technique ◽  
Wind Induced Vibration

Wind-induced vibration of power lines has been a major challenge for design engineers for decades. Hitherto, there is no effective devices that can suppress these vibrations throughout a wide range of resonant frequencies. This paper presents a promising vibration suppression technique using an energy harvester moving vibration absorber (EHMVA), which can simultaneously harvest energy and suppress the vibrations. The vibration-based energy harvesting can be achieved using an electromagnetic transducer, which replaces the viscous damping element of conventional absorbers. This harvested energy can then be utilized to power small sensors and electronic devices required for EHMVA to adapt to wind characteristics and move to an optimum location, thus leading to potentially superior vibration control. The coupled dynamics between a single conductor and EHMVA is presented and numerical examples are carried out to investigate the performance of the proposed absorber. The findings are very promising and open a horizon of future opportunities to optimize the design of EHMVAs for superior performance.

VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF A ROTATING HUB-BEAM SYSTEM WITH A FLEXIBLE SUPPORT USING FRACTIONAL ORDER SLIDING MODE CONTROL

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Vakilzadeh ◽  
Mohammad Eghtesad ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Nami ◽  
Ghasem Khajepour
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Order ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Angular Position ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Flexible Support ◽  
Wide Range

In this paper, a rotating hub-blade system with a flexible support which represents a wide range of industrial applications is considered for modelling and control. The flexible blade is assumed as an Euler–Bernoulli beam. In addition, three piezoelectric layers are mounted on the blade as sensors and actuators to reduce vibrations of the blade attached to the hub. For modelling, the Lagrange’s method is utilized to obtain the equations of motion of the system. In order to simultaneously suppress vibrations of the system and track the desired angular position of the hub, designing an appropriate controller is carried out. In this regard, a fractional order sliding mode (FOSM) controller is proposed to fulfil these objectives and then the comparison between FOSM controller and the classical sliding mode controller is presented in order to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed controller. The simulation results indicate the superior performance of the fractional order controller in compare to the integer order sliding.

Granular Damping in Forced Vibration: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Fang ◽  
J. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Damping Effect ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Suppression Technique ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Granular Damping

Granular damping is a passive vibration suppression technique which attenuates the response of a vibrating structure by the use of a granule-filled enclosure attached to or embedded in the structure. While promising in many applications especially under harsh conditions, the granular damping mechanism is very complicated and highly nonlinear. In this paper, we perform correlated analytical modeling and numerical studies to evaluate qualitatively and quantitatively the energy dissipation in granular damping. First, an improved analytical model based on the multiphase flow theory is developed for the description of granular motion inside the damper, which accounts for the complete effects of collisions/impacts and dynamic frictions among the granules and between the granules and the enclosure. This model can efficiently characterize the damping effect with high fidelity over a very wide range of parameters, and thus can be used to develop guidelines for parametric studies. With this as a basis, detailed numerical studies using the discrete element method are also carried out to analyze the underlying mechanisms and then provide mechanistic insight for granular damping. In this paper, we focus our attention on the granular damping effect on forced vibrations, which has potential application to a variety of systems.

Design of a slender turning cutting tool via a vibration absorber equipped with piezoelectric ceramic

2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110144
Author(s):  
Yiqing Yang ◽  
Haoyang Gao ◽  
Qiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Piezoelectric Ceramic ◽  
Cutting Tool ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Diameter Ratio ◽  
Vibration Absorber ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Structural Part ◽  
Machined Surface Roughness

Turning cutting tool with large length–diameter ratio has been essential when machining structural part with deep cavity and in-depth hole features. However, chatter vibration is apt to occur with the increase of tool overhang. A slender turning cutting tool with a length–diameter ratio of 7 is developed by using a vibration absorber equipped with piezoelectric ceramic. The vibration absorber has dual functions of vibration transfer to the absorber mass and vibration conversion to the electrical energy via the piezoelectric effect. Equations of motion are established considering the dual damping from the piezoelectric ceramic and rubber gasket. The equivalent damping of piezoelectric ceramic is derived, and the geometries are optimized to achieve optimal vibration suppression. The modal analysis demonstrates that the cutting tool with the vibration absorber can reach 80.1% magnitude reduction. Machining tests are carried out in the end. The machining acceleration and machined surface roughness validate the vibration suppression of the VA, and the output voltage by the piezoelectric ceramic demonstrates the ability of vibration sensing.

scholarly journals Two-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Flow in Physical Models of Rock Vane and Bendway Weir Configurations

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 458
Author(s):  
Drew C. Baird ◽  
Benjamin Abban ◽  
S. Michael Scurlock ◽  
Steven B. Abt ◽  
Christopher I. Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Hydraulic Performance ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Design Engineers ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Wide Range

While there are a wide range of design recommendations for using rock vanes and bendway weirs as streambank protection measures, no comprehensive, standard approach is currently available for design engineers to evaluate their hydraulic performance before construction. This study investigates using 2D numerical modeling as an option for predicting the hydraulic performance of rock vane and bendway weir structure designs for streambank protection. We used the Sedimentation and River Hydraulics (SRH)-2D depth-averaged numerical model to simulate flows around rock vane and bendway weir installations that were previously examined as part of a physical model study and that had water surface elevation and velocity observations. Overall, SRH-2D predicted the same general flow patterns as the physical model, but over- and underpredicted the flow velocity in some areas. These over- and underpredictions could be primarily attributed to the assumption of negligible vertical velocities. Nonetheless, the point differences between the predicted and observed velocities generally ranged from 15 to 25%, with some exceptions. The results showed that 2D numerical models could provide adequate insight into the hydraulic performance of rock vanes and bendway weirs. Accordingly, design guidance and implications of the study results are presented for design engineers.

scholarly journals Electrode and electrolyte configurations for low frequency motion energy harvesting based on reverse electrowetting

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pashupati R. Adhikari ◽  
Nishat T. Tasneem ◽  
Russell C. Reid ◽  
Ifana Mahbub
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Bias Voltage ◽  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
Electrowetting On Dielectric ◽  
External Bias ◽  
Motion Energy ◽  
Ac Current ◽  
Self Powered

AbstractIncreasing demand for self-powered wearable sensors has spurred an urgent need to develop energy harvesting systems that can reliably and sufficiently power these devices. Within the last decade, reverse electrowetting-on-dielectric (REWOD)-based mechanical motion energy harvesting has been developed, where an electrolyte is modulated (repeatedly squeezed) between two dissimilar electrodes under an externally applied mechanical force to generate an AC current. In this work, we explored various combinations of electrolyte concentrations, dielectrics, and dielectric thicknesses to generate maximum output power employing REWOD energy harvester. With the objective of implementing a fully self-powered wearable sensor, a “zero applied-bias-voltage” approach was adopted. Three different concentrations of sodium chloride aqueous solutions (NaCl-0.1 M, NaCl-0.5 M, and NaCl-1.0 M) were used as electrolytes. Likewise, electrodes were fabricated with three different dielectric thicknesses (100 nm, 150 nm, and 200 nm) of Al2O3 and SiO2 with an additional layer of CYTOP for surface hydrophobicity. The REWOD energy harvester and its electrode–electrolyte layers were modeled using lumped components that include a resistor, a capacitor, and a current source representing the harvester. Without using any external bias voltage, AC current generation with a power density of 53.3 nW/cm2 was demonstrated at an external excitation frequency of 3 Hz with an optimal external load. The experimental results were analytically verified using the derived theoretical model. Superior performance of the harvester in terms of the figure-of-merit comparing previously reported works is demonstrated. The novelty of this work lies in the combination of an analytical modeling method and experimental validation that together can be used to increase the REWOD harvested power extensively without requiring any external bias voltage.

Structural design and gait research of a new bionic quadruped robot

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440542199566
Author(s):  
Jiu-Peng Chen ◽  
Hong-Jun San ◽  
Xing Wu ◽  
Bin-Zhou Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Stability Margin ◽  
Static Stability ◽  
Quadruped Robot ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Linkage Mechanism ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planning Algorithm ◽  
Planning Experiment ◽  
Strength And Stiffness ◽  
Foot Trajectory

Quadruped bionic robot has a strong adaptability to the environment, compared with wheeled and tracked robots, it has superior motion performance, and has a wide range of application prospects in rescue and disaster relief, ground mine clearance, mountain transportation, so it has become a research hotspot all over the world. Leg structure is an important embodiment of the superior performance of quadruped robot, and it is also the key and difficult point of design. This article proposes a novel quadruped robot with waist structure, which can complete a variety of gait forms. Based on the theory of linkage mechanism, a novel leg structure is designed with anti-parallelogram mechanism, which improves the strength and stiffness of the robot. Using D-H description method, the kinematics analysis of this quadruped robot single leg is carried out. On this basis, in order to ensure the foot contact with the ground and achieve zero impact, polynomial programming is used to plan the foot trajectory of swing phase and support phase. Based on the static stability margin, the optimal static gait of the quadruped robot is planned. A co-simulation study has been carried out to investigate further the validity and effectiveness of the quadruped robot on gait. The simulation results clearly show the robot can walk steadily and its input and output meet the expected requirements. The solid prototype platform is built, and the trajectory planning experiment of single leg is carried out, and the foot trajectory of single leg is obtained by using laser tracker. The gait planning algorithm is applied to the whole robot, and the results show that the robot can walk according to the scheduled gait, which proves the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

scholarly journals Deeply Learned Pose Invariant Image Analysis with Applications in 3D Face Recognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naeem Ratyal ◽  
Imtiaz Ahmad Taj ◽  
Muhammad Sajid ◽  
Anzar Mahmood ◽  
Sohail Razzaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Face Recognition ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Alignment Algorithm ◽  
3D Face Recognition ◽  
3D Face ◽  
Norm Minimization ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Face

Face recognition aims to establish the identity of a person based on facial characteristics and is a challenging problem due to complex nature of the facial manifold. A wide range of face recognition applications are based on classification techniques and a class label is assigned to the test image that belongs to the unknown class. In this paper, a pose invariant deeply learned multiview 3D face recognition approach is proposed and aims to address two problems: face alignment and face recognition through identification and verification setups. The proposed alignment algorithm is capable of handling frontal as well as profile face images. It employs a nose tip heuristic based pose learning approach to estimate acquisition pose of the face followed by coarse to fine nose tip alignment using L2 norm minimization. The whole face is then aligned through transformation using knowledge learned from nose tip alignment. Inspired by the intrinsic facial symmetry of the Left Half Face (LHF) and Right Half Face (RHF), Deeply learned (d) Multi-View Average Half Face (d-MVAHF) features are employed for face identification using deep convolutional neural network (dCNN). For face verification d-MVAHF-Support Vector Machine (d-MVAHF-SVM) approach is employed. The performance of the proposed methodology is demonstrated through extensive experiments performed on four databases: GavabDB, Bosphorus, UMB-DB, and FRGC v2.0. The results show that the proposed approach yields superior performance as compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.

Machine learning-based failure mode identification of RCSPSW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongqi Jiang ◽  
Shanquan Liu ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Gang Bi
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Failure Mode ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Mode Recognition ◽  
Wide Range

<p>Reinforced concrete – steel plate composite shear walls (RCSPSW) have attracted great interests in the construction of tall buildings. From the perspective of life-cycle maintenance, the failure mode recognition is critical in determining the post-earthquake recovery strategies. This paper presents a comprehensive study on a wide range of existing experimental tests and develops a unique library of 17 parameters that affects RCSPSW’s failure modes. A total of 127 specimens are compiled and three types of failure modes are considered: flexure, shear and flexure-shear failure modes. Various machine learning (ML) techniques such as decision trees, random forests (RF), <i>K</i>-nearest neighbours and artificial neural network (ANN) are adopted to identify the failure mode of RCSPSW. RF and ANN algorithm show superior performance as compared to other ML approaches. In Particular, ANN model with one hidden layer and 10 neurons is sufficient for failure mode recognition of RCSPSW.</p>

Vibration Suppression of an Elastically Supported Beam With Closely Spaced Natural Frequencies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haizhou Liu ◽  
Hao Gao
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Fixed Point Theory ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Point Theory ◽  
Primary System ◽  
Computationally Efficient ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Univariate Optimization ◽  
Elastically Supported

Abstract Vibration suppression of distributed parameter systems is of great interest and has a wide range of applications. The dynamic performance of a primary system can be improved by adding dynamic vibration absorbers (DVA). Although the relevant topics have been studied for decades, the trade-off between capability of suppressing multiple resonant peaks and complexity of absorbers has not been well addressed. In this paper, the vibration suppression problem of a uniform Euler-Bernoulli beam with closely spaced natural frequencies is investigated. To achieve desired vibration reduction, a two-DOF DVA is connected to the beam through a pair of a spring and a dashpot. By introducing a virtual ground spring, the parameters of the absorber are determined via extended fixed point theory. The proposed method only requires univariate optimization and is computationally efficient. Numerical examples conducted verify the viability of the proposed method and the effectiveness of a two-DOF DVA in suppressing double resonances.

The Influence Region Analysis for the Delayed Resonator Vibration Absorber

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Grillo ◽  
Nejat Olgac
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Vibration Absorber ◽  
Primary System ◽  
Frequency Interval ◽  
Vibration Absorption ◽  
Region Analysis ◽  
The Common ◽  
Resonator Vibration ◽  
Three Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Tuned Vibration Absorber

Abstract This paper presents an influence region analysis for an actively tuned vibration absorber, the Delayed Resonator (DR). DR is shown to respond to tonal excitations with time varying frequencies [1–3]. The vibration suppression is most effective at the point of attachment of the absorber to the primary structure. In this study we show that proper feedback control on the absorber can yield successful vibration suppression at points away from this point of attachment. The form and the size of such “influence region” strongly depend on the structural properties of the absorber and the primary system. There are a number of questions addressed in this paper: a) Stability of vibration absorption, considering that a single absorber is used to suppress oscillations at different locations. b) Possible common operating frequency intervals in which the suppression can be switched from one point on the structure to the others. A three-degree-of-freedom system is taken for as example case. One single DR absorber is demonstrated to suppress the oscillations at one of the three masses at a given time. Instead of an “influence region” a set of “influence points” is introduced. An analysis method is presented to find the common frequency interval in which the DR absorber operates at all three influence points.

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