• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.266-284
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• 2010

Piezoelectric materials have become the most attractive functional materials for sensors and actuators in smart structures because they can directly convert mechanical energy to electrical energy and vise versa. They have excellent electromechanical coupling characteristics and excellent frequency response. In this article, the research activities and achievements on the applications of piezoelectric materials in smart structures in China, including vibration control, noise control, energy harvesting, structural health monitoring, and hysteresis control, are introduced. Special attention is given to the introduction of semi-active vibration suppression based on a synchronized switching technique and piezoelectric fibers with metal cores for health monitoring. Such mechanisms are relatively new and possess great potential for future applications in aerospace engineering.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.637-644
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• 2010

진동 에너지 기반의 압전 에너지 수확 장치는 외부 가진력의 주파수가 장치의 고유 진동수 (또는 공진 주파수)와 일치하는 경우 최대 전력을 발생시키지만, 이를 벗어난 주파수 대역에서는 전력 발생량이 급격히 감소한다. 그런데, 에너지 수확 장치의 고유 진동수는 시간이 지남에 따라 변할 수 있으며, 가진 주파수 역시 어떤 일정한 값에 항상 고정되어 있는 경우는 드물다. 따라서, 이를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 일정한 공진 대역폭을 갖는 압전 에너지 수확 모듈을 제안하였고 해석 및 실험을 통하여 전기 출력에 대한 주파수 대역특성을 파악하였다. 또한, 제안된 모듈을 구성하는 개별 에너지 수확 단위간의 전기적 연결 방법에 따라서 전기출력이 최대화되는 공진 주파수가 조절될 수 있음을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.287-303
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• 2018

Applications of energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations is becoming popular but the full potential of such applications is yet to be explored. This paper addresses this issue by considering an application of energy harvesting for the dual objective of serving as an indicator of structural health monitoring (SHM) and extent of control. Variation of harvested energy from an undamaged baseline is employed for this purpose and the concept is illustrated by implementing it for active vibrations of a pipe structure. Theoretical and experimental analyses are carried out to determine the energy harvesting potential from undamaged and damaged conditions. The use of energy harvesting as indicator for control is subsequently investigated, considering the effect of the introduction of a tuned mass damper (TMD). It is found that energy harvesting can be used for the detection and monitoring of the location and magnitude of damage occurring within a pipe structure. Additionally, the harvested energy acts as an indicator of the extent of reduction of vibration of pipes when a TMD is attached. This paper extends the range of applications of energy harvesting devices for the monitoring of built infrastructure and illustrates the vast potential of energy harvesters as smart sensors.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.488-495
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• 2009

본 논문은 기계적 에너지를 전기에너지로 변환하는 압전소자를 이용한 에너지 수확 시스템 내에서 전력변환을 수행하는 새로운 AC/DC 공진형 자려(自勵) 부스트 컨버터를 제안한다. AC/DC 공진형 자려 부스트 컨버터의 자려 스위칭을 위한 게이트 회로는, MOSFET 특성을 이용하여 압전소자 출력전압의 최대값을 검출하고 LC 공진회로의 특성을 이용하여 영전압 스위칭을 하며, 승압형 전력변환을 수행하기 위해서 별도의 전원을 필요로 하지 않는다. 제안된 컨버터 회로의 동작원리를 설명하고, 기존 연구 개발된 토폴로지와 비교, PSPICE 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통하여 유용성을 검증한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.955-960
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 실시간 무선 철도시스템 모니터링을 위하여 열차 주행에 따라 발생하는 열 및 진동 에너지를 전기자원화 하는 신재생 에너지 개념의 전력원인 자가발전 구동 기술에 대한 철도시스템 적용 가능성을 확인하였다. 이를 위해 실제 주행 중인 고속열차를 이용하여 철도차량의 운행환경 하에서 발생하는 열에너지와 진동에너지를 실측하여, 주행 중 이들 에너지 발생량 및 변화를 분석하고 이를 통해 진동 및 열 에너지를 이용하는 자가발전 모듈의 예측 전력량을 계산하고, 이 전력량에 대한 이 모니터링 시스템 적용 가능성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.665-678
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• 2017

In this paper the tuned mass-damper-inerter (TMDI) is considered for passive vibration control and energy harvesting in harmonically excited structures. The TMDI couples the classical tuned mass-damper (TMD) with a grounded inerter: a two-terminal linear device resisting the relative acceleration of its terminals by a constant of proportionality termed inertance. In this manner, the TMD is endowed with additional inertia, beyond the one offered by the attached mass, without any substantial increase to the overall weight. Closed-form analytical expressions for optimal TMDI parameters, stiffness and damping, given attached mass and inertance are derived by application of Den Hartog's tuning approach to suppress the response amplitude of force and base-acceleration excited single-degree-of-freedom structures. It is analytically shown that the TMDI is more effective from a same mass/weight TMD to suppress vibrations close to the natural frequency of the uncontrolled structure, while it is more robust to detuning effects. Moreover, it is shown that the mass amplification effect of the inerter achieves significant weight reduction for a target/predefined level of vibration suppression in a performance-based oriented design approach compared to the classical TMD. Lastly, the potential of using the TMDI for energy harvesting is explored by substituting the dissipative damper with an electromagnetic motor and assuming that the inertance can vary through the use of a flywheel-based inerter device. It is analytically shown that by reducing the inertance, treated as a mass/inertia-related design parameter not considered in conventional TMD-based energy harvesters, the available power for electric generation increases for fixed attached mass/weight, electromechanical damping, and stiffness properties.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1661-1667
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 지능형 철도시스템 모니터링을 위하여 열차 주행에 따른 새로운 에너지원을 전기자원화 하는 신재생 에너지 개념의 전력원인 자가발전 구동 기술에 대한 적용 가능성을 확인하기 위하여, 실제 주행 중인 고속열차를 이용하여 철도차량의 정확한 운행환경 하에서 발생하는 진동에너지를 실측하여, 진동에너지 발생으로 인한 자가발전 구동 모니터링 적용 가능성에 대하여 연구하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.416-421
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• 2011

Nowadays, the increasing demands upon mobile devices such as wireless sensor networks and the recent advent of low power electrical devices such as MEMS make such renewable power sources attractive. A vibration-driven MEMS lead zirconate titanate $Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3$ (PZT) cantilever device is developed for energy harvesting application. This paper presents a piezoelectric based energy harvester which is suitable for power generating from conventional vibration and has in providing energy for low power electron ic devices. The PZT cantilever is used d33 mode to get the electrical power. The PZT cantilever based energy harvester with the dimension of 7 mm${\times}$3 mm${\times}$0.03 mm is fabricated using micromachining technologies. This PZT cantilever has the mechanical resonance frequency with a 900 Hz. With these conditions, we get experimentally the 37 uW output power from this device with the application of 1g acceleration using the 900 Hz vibration. From this study, we show the feasibility of one of energy harvesting candidates using PZT based structure. This PZT energy harvester could be used for various applications such a batteryless micro sensors and micro power generators.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.165-166
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• 2008

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.252-257
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• 2015

This paper investigates the concept and implementation of an energy harvesting device using a ferrofluid sloshing movement to generate an electromotive force (EMF). Ferrofluids are often applied to energy harvesting devices because they have both magnetic properties and fluidity, and they behave similarly to a soft ferromagnetic substance. In addition, a ferrofluid can change its shape freely and generate an EMF from small vibrations. The existing energy harvesting techniques, for example those using piezoelectric and thermoelectric devices, generate minimal electric power, as low as a few micro-watts. Through flow analysis of ferrofluids and examination of the magnetic circuit characteristics of the resultant electromagnetic system, an energy harvester model based on an electromagnetic field generated by a ferrofluid is developed and proposed. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is demonstrated and its EMF characteristics are discussed based on experimental data.