@inproceedings{697f38f912cb4f3e998a801c0d60cc44,
title = "Design of a wide-band energy harvester",
abstract = "We propose and validate a new architecture for wideband vibration-based MPGs. This architecture replaces a linear oscillator with a piecewise-linear oscillator as a vibrations harvesting element. Analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques are used to analyze a prototype of an electromagnetic MPG designed and constructed using the new architecture. The new architecture increases the bandwidth of the MPG during an upsweep compared to a traditional MPG, while maintaining the same bandwidth in a down-sweep. Closed-form expressions for the response of the piecewise-linear MPG as well as the size of the up-sweep bandwidth are presented and validated experimentally. Simulations show that under a random-frequency base excitations new architecture collects more energy collected by the traditional architecture.",
author = "Soliman, {M. S.M.} and Abdel-Rahman, {E. M.} and El-Saadany, {E. F.} and Mansour, {R. R.}",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1115/IMECE2008-67379",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9780791848746",
series = "ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings",
number = "PART A",
pages = "409--420",
booktitle = "2008 Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2008",
edition = "PART A",
note = "2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2008 ; Conference date: 31-10-2008 Through 06-11-2008",
}