Research Article

Piezoelectric Wind Energy Harvesting from Self-Excited Vibration of Square Cylinder

Table 1

Properties of electromechanical system.

SymbolPropertyValue

Mass of the cylinder per unit length0.44 kg
Stiffness per unit length854 N/m
Damping per unit length19.2 Nm/s
Side length of the cylinder1.5 cm
Damping ratio0.0013
Natural frequency7.006 Hz
Capacitance120 nF
Electromechanical coupling N/V