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This paper presents a very compact electro-mechanical wideband energy harvester optimized for tire applications. The energy conversion process of the device takes into account the simulation of different phenomena like: non linear dynamic and adaptive resonant behavior of the seismic mass, electromagnetic and magneto-static coupling between floating magnetic mass and coils, transfer of the generated power to an external load by means of a nonlinear circuit interface. The paper is focused on the pneumatic effects of the floating magnet sliding into a calibrated guide. A convenient choice of clearance between moving and fixed parts can be used to create an effective air brake preventing or softening shocks with end stops and to modify system dynamic. A block-oriented Simulink®, experimentally validated, model has been realized to predict scavenger device performance and to optimize design parameters. Equivalent linearized stiffness and damping factors due to pneumatic effects have been modeled in the lumped parameters system to get a simplified model and to formalize relations with the geometrical characteristics. Analysis of the effect of several nonlinearities at different vehicle speed have been performed.
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Tornincasa, S., Bonisoli, E., Di Monaco, F., Moos, S., Repetto, M., Freschi, F. (2011). Nonlinear Dynamics of an Electro-Mechanical Energy Scavenger. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Modal Analysis Topics, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9299-4_30
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