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In this research energy harvesting from near periodic structure is discussed. The near periodic system consists of two pendulums connected using a common linear spring. Mistuning in the simple coupled pendulum system is achieved by varying the length of one of the pendulums. Effect of this mistuning on amount of energy harvested is developed analytically and numerically. This will be discussed in this paper and at the same time effect of harvesting on mistuning will be presented. It is shown that with a proper electrical damping, optimal power can be obtained and effect of mistuning can be minimized. Same analysis is carried out with energy harvesting from both the pendulums. In case of harvesting from both the pendulums the harvesting bandwidth is increased and electrical damping required to minimize mistuning is more than that in case of harvesting with mistuned pendulum alone.
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Malaji, P.V., Ali, S.F. (2015). Energy Harvesting from Near Periodic Structures. In: Sinha, J. (eds) Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09918-7_37
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