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An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester

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Sequeira, D; Little, J; Mann, BP
Published in: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
January 1, 2020

This paper examines a gimballed horizontal pendulum for use as an energy harvester. It can be designed for threshold escape behavior rather than the conventional method of matching frequencies. A nonlinear electromechanical model is developed to study the system’s equilibrium states as a function of tilt angle. Bifurcation diagrams are generated to illustrate these equilibria and their associated stability. A bifurcation point is solved for analytically and the implications for an energy harvester, one that can be designed to jump across stable attractors based on forcing amplitudes, are discussed.

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Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

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2191-5652

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2191-5644

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January 1, 2020

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87 / 89
 

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Sequeira, D., Little, J., & Mann, B. P. (2020). An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester. In Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series (pp. 87–89). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12391-8_9
Sequeira, D., J. Little, and B. P. Mann. “An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester.” In Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 87–89, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12391-8_9.
Sequeira D, Little J, Mann BP. An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester. In: Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. 2020. p. 87–9.
Sequeira, D., et al. “An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester.” Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 2020, pp. 87–89. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12391-8_9.
Sequeira D, Little J, Mann BP. An Analysis of the Gimballed Horizontal Pendulum System for Use as a Rotary Vibrational Energy Harvester. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. 2020. p. 87–89.

Published In

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

DOI

EISSN

2191-5652

ISSN

2191-5644

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Start / End Page

87 / 89