Determination of Maximum Mechanical Energy Efficiency in Energy Galloping Systems
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 141, Issue 1
Abstract
Transverse galloping is a type of aeroelastic instability characterized by large amplitude, low frequency, normal to wind oscillations that appear in some elastic two-dimensional bluff bodies when subjected to a fluid flow, provided that the flow velocity exceeds a threshold critical value. Such an oscillatory motion is explained because of the energy transfer from the flow to the two-dimensional bluff body. The amount of energy that can be extracted depends on the cross section of the galloping prism. Assuming that the Glauert–Den Hartog quasi-static criterion for galloping instability is satisfied in a first approximation, the suitability of a given cross section for energy harvesting is evaluated by analyzing the lateral aerodynamic force coefficient, fitting a function with a power series in ( being the angle of attack) to available experimental data. In this paper, a fairly large number of simple prisms (triangle, ellipse, biconvex, and rhombus cross sections, as well as D-shaped bodies) is analyzed for suitability as energy harvesters. The influence of the fitting process in the energy harvesting efficiency evaluation is also demonstrated. The analysis shows that the more promising bodies are those with isosceles or approximate isosceles cross sections.
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Volume 141 • Issue 1 • January 2015
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Received: May 20, 2013
Accepted: May 2, 2014
Published online: May 29, 2014
Published in print: Jan 1, 2015
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