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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Modelagem e análise de geradores aeroelásticos híbridos piezelétrico-indutivos para conversão de energia do escoamento em eletricidade / Modeling and analysis of hybrid piezoelectric-inductive generators for converting flow energy into electricity

Dias, José Augusto de Carvalho 14 March 2014 (has links)
A exploração de fenômenos aeroelásticos dinâmicos visando à conversão de energia do escoamento em eletricidade tem recebido crescente atenção nos últimos anos. As aplicações se estendem desde estruturas aeroespaciais até a alimentação de sistemas eletrônicos sem fio e diferentes mecanismos de transdução têm sido utilizados. O uso de um aerofólio é uma abordagem conveniente e escalável para criar instabilidades e oscilações persistentes para coleta aeroelástica de energia. Este trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar configurações alternativas de aerofólio para a coleta de energia do escoamento. As análises abrangem as versões lineares e não lineares de geradores aeroelásticos de energia baseados em aerofólio com dois (2GDL) e com três graus de liberdade (3GDL) que utilizam transdução piezelétrica e eletromagnética separadamente e também simultaneamente. Em todos os casos o acoplamento eletroaeroelástico é adicionado ao grau de liberdade de flexão do aerofólio e um circuito elétrico externo utilizado para cada tipo de mecanismo de transdução. As equações adimensionais que governam o sistema eletroaeroelástico são apresentadas para cada caso e uma carga resistiva é considerada no domínio elétrico para a previsão da potência gerada. Inicialmente, as previsões do modelo piezoaeroelástico linear com 2GDL são verificadas a partir de resultados experimentais obtidos em ensaios em túnel de vento na condição de flutter. Posteriormente, no primeiro estudo de caso, o comportamento eletroaeroelástico da seção típica com 2GDL é investigado, na velocidade de flutter, variando-se parâmetros aeroelásticos e eletromecânicos. No segundo estudo de caso, uma não linearidade do tipo freeplay é adicionada ao grau de liberdade de rotação da seção típica de 2GDL. Neste caso, a seção típica é estudada na velocidade mais baixa na qual o sistema apresenta oscilações em ciclo limite para diversas configurações de parâmetros aeroelásticos e eletromecânicos. As oscilações não lineares em ciclo limite podem ser obtidas abaixo da velocidade linear de flutter. Finalmente, o comportamento eletroaeroelástico de uma seção típica linear com 3GDL é estudado segundo a variação de diferentes parâmetros. Em todos os estudos de caso, a potência gerada e a amplitude dos GDLs mecânicos são investigadas. Com o estudo, é possível localizar regiões ótimas de parâmetros adimensionais as quais propiciam um aumento da potência elétrica de saída com velocidades de escoamento aceitáveis. Uma vez escalável, é possível redimensionalizar o modelo e manufaturá-lo. / The exploration of dynamic aeroelastic phenomena for converting wind energy into low-power electricity has received growing attention in the last years. Applications extend from aerospace structures to wireless electronic systems. The use of an airfoil is a convenient approach to create instabilities and persistent oscillations for flow energy harvesting. In this work, the goal is to establish alternative configurations of the airfoil for flow energy harvesting. The analysis presented here covers linear and nonlinear versions of aeroelastic energy generators based on an airfoil with two degrees of freedom and three degrees of freedom using piezoelectric and electromagnetic transduction separately and simultaneously. Both forms of coupling are added to the plunge degree of freedom in the presence of a separate electrical load for each type of transduction. The governing coupled dimensionless electroaeroelastic equations are given with a resistive load in each electrical domain to predict system behavior. First, the model predictions are compared with experimental data obtained in wind tunnel tests under flutter condition validating the model for the case of two degrees of freedom and piezoelectric coupling. After, in the first case study the typical section with two and three degrees of freedom is studied at the linear flutter speed for several aeroelastic and electromechanical parameters configurations. In the second case of study a freeplay non-linearity is added to the rotational degree of freedom of the two degree of freedom typical section. In this case, the typical section is studied at the lowest flow speed at which the system presents limit cycle oscillations for different aeroelastic and electromechanical system parameters. The non-linear limit cycle oscillations may be obtained below the linear flutter speed. In both cases, the power generation is analyzed as well as the maximum displacements of the mechanical degrees of freedom. With this study, it is possible to locate the favorable dimensionless parameter regions that give maximum electrical power output as well as reasonable airflow speeds. In this scalable problem, the results can be used for design and fabrication of optimal airfoil-based flow energy harvesters.
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Modelagem e análise de geradores aeroelásticos híbridos piezelétrico-indutivos para conversão de energia do escoamento em eletricidade / Modeling and analysis of hybrid piezoelectric-inductive generators for converting flow energy into electricity

José Augusto de Carvalho Dias 14 March 2014 (has links)
A exploração de fenômenos aeroelásticos dinâmicos visando à conversão de energia do escoamento em eletricidade tem recebido crescente atenção nos últimos anos. As aplicações se estendem desde estruturas aeroespaciais até a alimentação de sistemas eletrônicos sem fio e diferentes mecanismos de transdução têm sido utilizados. O uso de um aerofólio é uma abordagem conveniente e escalável para criar instabilidades e oscilações persistentes para coleta aeroelástica de energia. Este trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar configurações alternativas de aerofólio para a coleta de energia do escoamento. As análises abrangem as versões lineares e não lineares de geradores aeroelásticos de energia baseados em aerofólio com dois (2GDL) e com três graus de liberdade (3GDL) que utilizam transdução piezelétrica e eletromagnética separadamente e também simultaneamente. Em todos os casos o acoplamento eletroaeroelástico é adicionado ao grau de liberdade de flexão do aerofólio e um circuito elétrico externo utilizado para cada tipo de mecanismo de transdução. As equações adimensionais que governam o sistema eletroaeroelástico são apresentadas para cada caso e uma carga resistiva é considerada no domínio elétrico para a previsão da potência gerada. Inicialmente, as previsões do modelo piezoaeroelástico linear com 2GDL são verificadas a partir de resultados experimentais obtidos em ensaios em túnel de vento na condição de flutter. Posteriormente, no primeiro estudo de caso, o comportamento eletroaeroelástico da seção típica com 2GDL é investigado, na velocidade de flutter, variando-se parâmetros aeroelásticos e eletromecânicos. No segundo estudo de caso, uma não linearidade do tipo freeplay é adicionada ao grau de liberdade de rotação da seção típica de 2GDL. Neste caso, a seção típica é estudada na velocidade mais baixa na qual o sistema apresenta oscilações em ciclo limite para diversas configurações de parâmetros aeroelásticos e eletromecânicos. As oscilações não lineares em ciclo limite podem ser obtidas abaixo da velocidade linear de flutter. Finalmente, o comportamento eletroaeroelástico de uma seção típica linear com 3GDL é estudado segundo a variação de diferentes parâmetros. Em todos os estudos de caso, a potência gerada e a amplitude dos GDLs mecânicos são investigadas. Com o estudo, é possível localizar regiões ótimas de parâmetros adimensionais as quais propiciam um aumento da potência elétrica de saída com velocidades de escoamento aceitáveis. Uma vez escalável, é possível redimensionalizar o modelo e manufaturá-lo. / The exploration of dynamic aeroelastic phenomena for converting wind energy into low-power electricity has received growing attention in the last years. Applications extend from aerospace structures to wireless electronic systems. The use of an airfoil is a convenient approach to create instabilities and persistent oscillations for flow energy harvesting. In this work, the goal is to establish alternative configurations of the airfoil for flow energy harvesting. The analysis presented here covers linear and nonlinear versions of aeroelastic energy generators based on an airfoil with two degrees of freedom and three degrees of freedom using piezoelectric and electromagnetic transduction separately and simultaneously. Both forms of coupling are added to the plunge degree of freedom in the presence of a separate electrical load for each type of transduction. The governing coupled dimensionless electroaeroelastic equations are given with a resistive load in each electrical domain to predict system behavior. First, the model predictions are compared with experimental data obtained in wind tunnel tests under flutter condition validating the model for the case of two degrees of freedom and piezoelectric coupling. After, in the first case study the typical section with two and three degrees of freedom is studied at the linear flutter speed for several aeroelastic and electromechanical parameters configurations. In the second case of study a freeplay non-linearity is added to the rotational degree of freedom of the two degree of freedom typical section. In this case, the typical section is studied at the lowest flow speed at which the system presents limit cycle oscillations for different aeroelastic and electromechanical system parameters. The non-linear limit cycle oscillations may be obtained below the linear flutter speed. In both cases, the power generation is analyzed as well as the maximum displacements of the mechanical degrees of freedom. With this study, it is possible to locate the favorable dimensionless parameter regions that give maximum electrical power output as well as reasonable airflow speeds. In this scalable problem, the results can be used for design and fabrication of optimal airfoil-based flow energy harvesters.
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Temperature-compensated silicon-based bulk acoustic resonators

Tabrizian, Roozbeh 12 January 2015 (has links)
Microelectromechanical resonators have found widespread applications in timing, sensing and spectral processing. One of the important performance metrics of MEMS resonators is the temperature sensitivity of their frequency. The main objective of this dissertation is the compensation and control of the temperature sensitivity of silicon resonators through engineering of device geometry and structural composition. This has been accomplished through formation of composite platforms or novel geometries based on dispersion characteristics of guided acoustic waves in single crystalline silicon (SCS) microstructures. Furthermore, another objective of this dissertation is to develop efficient longitudinal piezoelectric transduction for in-plane resonance modes of SCS resonators that have lithographically-defined frequencies, to reduce their motional resistance (Rm). A uniformly distributed matrix of silicon dioxide pillars is embedded inside the silicon substrate to form a homogenous composite silicon-oxide platform (SilOx) with nearly perfect temperature-compensated stiffness moduli. Temperature-stable micro-resonators implemented in SilOx platform operating in any desired in- and out-of-plane resonance modes show full compensation of linear temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF). Overall frequency drifts as small as 80 ppm has been achieved over the industrial temperature range (-40°C to 80°C) showing a 40x improvement compared to uncompensated native silicon resonators. A 27 MHz temperature-compensated MEMS oscillator implemented using SilOx resonator demonstrated sub-ppm instability over the industrial temperature range. Besides this, a new formulation of different resonance modes of SCS resonators based on their constituent acoustic waves is presented in this dissertation. This enables engineering of the acoustic resonator to provide several resonance modes with mechanical energy trapped in central part of the resonator, thus obviating narrow tethers traditionally used for anchoring the cavity to the substrate. This facilitates simultaneous piezoelectric-transduction of multiple modes with different TCFs through independent electrical ports, which can realize highly accurate self-temperature sensing of the device using a beat frequency (fb) generated from linear combination of different modes. Piezoelectrically-transduced multi-port silicon resonators implemented using this technique provide highly temperature-sensitive fb with a large TCF of ~8500 ppm/°C showing 100x improvement compared to other Quartz/MEMS counterparts, suggesting these devices as highly sensitive temperature sensors for environmental sensing and temperature-compensated/oven-controlled crystal oscillator (TCXO/OCXO) applications. Another part of this dissertation introduces a novel longitudinal piezoelectric transduction technique developed for implementation of low Rm silicon resonators operating in lithographically defined in-plane modes. Aluminum nitride films deposited on the sidewalls of thick silicon microstructures provides efficient electromechanical transduction required to achieve low Rm. 100 MHz SCS bulk acoustic resonators implemented using this transduction technique demonstrates Rm of 33Ω showing a 100x improvement compared to electrostatically transduced counterparts. Low-loss narrow-band filters with tunable bandwidth and frequency have been implemented by electrical coupling of these devices, showing their potential for realization of truly reconfigurable and programmable filter arrays required for software-defined radios.
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Nanosystèmes électromécaniques pour la biodétection : intégration d'un moyen de transduction et stratégies de biofonctionnalisation / Nanoelectromechanical systems for biodetection : development of an integrated transducer and biofunctionalization strategies

Dezest, Denis 16 November 2015 (has links)
Avec une limite de détection ultime pouvant atteindre le yoctogramme (1 yg = 10-24 g), les nanosystèmes électromécaniques (NEMS) employés comme capteurs gravimétriques présentent un fort potentiel pour la détection ultra-sensible et sans marquage de molécules biologiques. A l’heure actuelle, plusieurs défis restent cependant à relever avant de pouvoir envisager de manière réaliste leur utilisation comme outils de biodétection. Ces travaux de thèse adressent en particulier l’intégration du moyen de transduction et le développement de stratégies de biofonctionnalisation. En vue de répondre à la première problématique, l’intégration d’une couche piézoélectrique à base de Titano-Zirconate de Plomb (PZT) selon une approche de fabrication collective de réseaux de NEMS par voie descendante a été développée et caractérisée.Deux approches de biofonctionnalisation adaptées à une organisation de NEMS en réseaux,respectivement basées sur le dépôt localisé de matériel biologique par impression moléculaire et sur la structuration par photolithographie d’une couche bioréceptrice à base de polymères à empreintes moléculaires (MIP), ont ensuite été mises en oeuvre et ont permis de démontrer une première preuve de concept. Ces différentes contributions constituent un premier pas dans le développement des NEMS pour des applications de biodétection. / With an ultimate limit of detection down to the yoctogram regime (1 yg = 10-24 g),nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) resonators used as ultra-sensitive and label-free gravimetric sensors have a high potential for biodetection applications. To date, several challenges currently limit their wide spread use as viable biosensing tools. This PhD thesis addresses the issues related to the transducer integration and the biofunctionnalization. A Lead Zirconate Titatane (PZT)-based piezoelectric transducer has been implemented according to a top-down approach compatible with collective fabrication of NEMS arrays. Two biofunctionnalization strategies, suitable for a NEMS array organization and based on the localized deposition of biological material assisted by microcontact printing and the patterning of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) by photolithography, have also been investigated and first proof-of-concept biosensors were demonstrated. These various contributions have the potential to drive future advancements in the realm of NEMS as effective biosensing tools.

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