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Functionalization of Internal Resonance in Magnetically Coupled Resonators for Highly Efficient and Wideband Hybrid
Kaouthar Aouali1, Najib Kacem1, Noureddine Bouhaddi1
1Department of Applied Mechanics, FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS/UFC/ENSMM/ UTBM, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25000 Besançon, France.
Abstract:
The functionalization of internal resonance (IR) is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated on a nonlinear hybrid vibration energy harvester (HVEH) based on piezoelectric (PE) and electromagnetic (EM) transductions. This nonlinear phenomenon is tuned by adjusting the gaps between the moving magnets of the structure, enabling 1:1 and 2:1 IR. The experimental results prove that the activation of 2:1 IR with a realistic excitation amplitude allows the improvement of both the frequency bandwidth (BW) and the harvested power (HP) by 300% and 100%, respectively compared to the case away from IR. These remarkable results open the way towards a very large scale integration of coupled resonators with simultaneous internal resonances.
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