• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

지진의 수평지반운동으로 인해 유체저장탱크에 작용하는 수평하중의 산정에 있어서 유체수심에 대한 탱크저면길이의 비율에 따라 유용하게 사용할 수 있는 근사해법에 대하여 연구하였다 본 연구는 탱크벽체를 강체로 가정하고 구한 속도포텐셜이론을 적용하여 탱크의 지진하중을 산정한다. 유체저장탱크의 수평단면이 연직으로 일정하지만 그 형상은 원형, 직사각형, 불규칙형인 경우로 나누어 해석하였다 우선 주기적 지반운동(조화가진)에 대한 해를 구하고 이를 바탕으로 랜덤지진에 대한 시간영역해를 구하도록 한다. 예제해석결과 지진력은 적용하는 설계응답스펙트럼의 특성 탱크단면형, 수심에 대한 저면길이의 비율등에 따라 차이가 다소있으나 주로 고주파수 유효질량의 관성력이 지배적인 것으로 나타났다. 대체적으로 수심에 대하여 탱크저면길이가 상당히 크거나 작은 경우는 고주파수근사해를 써서 지진력을 효율적으로 산정할 수 있었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.681-692
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• 2020

Conventional Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (CPEH) have been extensively studied for maximizing their electrical output through material selection, geometric and structural optimization, and adoption of efficient interface circuits. In this paper, the performance of Stepped Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (SPEH) under harmonic base excitation is studied analytically, numerically and experimentally. The motivation is to compare the energy harvesting performance of CPEH and SPEHs with the same characteristics (resonant frequency). The results of this study challenge the notion of achieving higher voltage and power output through incorporation of geometric discontinuities such as step sections in the harvester beams. A CPEH consists of substrate material with a patch of piezoelectric material bonded over it and a tip mass at the free end to tune the resonant frequency. A SPEH is designed by introducing a step section near the root of substrate beam to induce higher dynamic strain for maximizing the electrical output. The incorporation of step section reduces the stiffness and consequently, a lower tip mass is used with SPEH to match the resonant frequency to that of CPEH. Moreover, the electromechanical coupling coefficient, forcing function and damping are significantly influenced because of the inclusion of step section, which consequently affects harvester's output. Three different configurations of SPEHs characterized by the same resonant frequency as that of CPEH are designed and analyzed using linear electromechanical model and their performances are compared. The variation of strain on the harvester beams is obtained using finite element analysis. The prototypes of CPEH and SPEHs are fabricated and experimentally tested. It is shown that the power output from SPEHs is lower than the CPEH. When the prototypes with resonant frequencies in the range of 56-56.5 Hz are tested at 1 m/s2, three SPEHs generate power output of 482 μW, 424 μW and 228 μW when compared with 674 μW from CPEH. It is concluded that the advantage of increasing dynamic strain using step section is negated by increase in damping and decrease in forcing function. However, SPEHs show slightly better performance in terms of specific power and thus making them suitable for practical scenarios where the ratio of power to system mass is critical.