@inproceedings{384af453048b476abc24cda64e1dd5a6,
title = "Underwater energy harvesting from vibrations of annular ionic polymer metal composites",
abstract = "In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of energy harvesting from axisymmetric vibrations of annular ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs). We consider an in-house fabricated IPMC that is clamped at its inner radius to a moving base and is free at its outer radius. We propose a physics-based model for energy harvesting from underwater vibrations, in which the IPMC is described as a thin annular plate undergoing axisymmetric vibrations with an added mass due to the encompassing fluid. Experiments are performed to elucidate the effect of the shunting resistance and the excitation frequency on energy harvesting.",
keywords = "Annular plate, Electroactive polymer, Energy harvesting, Fluid-structure interaction, Ionic polymer metal composite",
author = "Youngsu Cha and Shervin Abdolhamidi and Maurizio Porfiri",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2015 ; Conference date: 09-03-2015 Through 12-03-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2083648",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Alper Erturk and Wei-Hsin Liao and Gyuhae Park",
booktitle = "Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2015",
}