Utilising Nonlinear Air Damping as a Soft Mechanical Stopper for MEMS Vibration Energy Harvesting

Abstract

This paper reports on the theory and experimental verification of utilising air damping as a soft stopper mechanism for piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting to enhance shock resistance. Experiments to characterise device responsiveness under various vibration conditions were performed at different air pressure levels, and a dimensionless model was constructed with nonlinear damping terms included to model PVEH response. The relationship between the quadratic damping coefficient ζ n and air pressure is empirically established, and an optimal pressure level is calculated to trade off harvestable energy and device robustness for specific environmental conditions.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/773/1/012098
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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Publication ISSN: 1742-6596
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PURE Output Type: Conference article
Published Date: 2016-12-06
Accepted Date: 2016-01-01
Authors: Chen, Shao-Tuan
Du, Sijun
Arroyo, Emmanuelle
Jia, Yu (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-9640-1666)
Seshia, Ashwin A

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