Fabrication and Experimentation of a Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor for Vibration Energy Harvesting

Samal, Prasanta Kumar and Malik, Pramod Kumar and Babu, Avinash and Shanthakumar, GC (2014) Fabrication and Experimentation of a Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor for Vibration Energy Harvesting. In: 16th International Mechanical Engineering Congress (IMEC), JUN 13-15, 2014, Tamil Nadu, INDIA, pp. 2297-2302.

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Abstract

In the immediate surroundings of our daily life, we can find a lot of places where the energy in the form of vibration is being wasted. Therefore, we have enormous opportunities to utilize the same. Piezoelectric character of matter enables us to convert this mechanical vibration energy into electrical energy which can be stored and used to power other device, instead of being wasted. This work is done to realize both actuator and sensor in a cantilever beam based on piezoelectricity. The sensor part is called vibration energy harvester. The numerical analyses were performed for the cantilever beam using the commercial package ANSYS and MATLAB. The cantilever beam is realized by taking a plate and fixing its one end between two massive plates. Two PZT patches were glued to the beam on its two faces. Experiments were performed using data acquisition system (DAQ) and LABVIEW software for actuating and sensing the vibration of the cantilever beam.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Series.:	Applied Mechanics and Materials
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, LAUBLSRUTISTR 24, CH-8717 STAFA-ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2015 10:15
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2015 10:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51104

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