TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mostafa Gamal Abdelmageed Morcy
AU  - Mohamed Elaraby , 
AU  - Mustafa Hani Arafa , 
TI  - Simulation and experimental investigation of an energy harvester utilizing flow-induced vibration / 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Mostafa Gamal Abdelmageed Morcy , 
KW  - Energy Harvester
KW  - Flow Induced Vibration
KW  - Mechanical Design and Production
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Design and Production; Issued also as CD
N2  - This work exploits harvesting energy from fluid flow by means of a device that is inserted in flow stream. The device is designed to exhibit desirable hydrodynamic effects that advocate flow-induced oscillations, which converted to useful power. In this context, a cantilever beam carrying a semicircular cylinder at its tip is placed in a water stream. The hydrodynamic loads cause the beam to gallop. The beam that is made of laminated (PVDF) layers, extracts electrical energy from the sustained cyclic mechanical motion. A numerical model developed to predict the system dynamics in terms of its design parameters. The results are supported by experimental measurements of the output voltage over a range of water speeds and load resistance
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