Energy harvesting from human motion can reduce reliance on battery recharging in wearable devices and lead to improved adherence.
I want to know what is the best software for modeling and simulation of this issue؟
Dear Zahra,
I believe Ansys, COMSOL, and Abaqus are all good software packages to use for this application, although COMSOL may be the easiest to setup a piezoelectric Multiphysics.
The paper below is an example of a simulation (performed in Ansys) that provides a description of the model setup and key parameters of interest.
Article Kinetic Energy Harvesting for Wearable Medical Sensors
I hope this helps!
good day....
I don' t sure but you can try Matlab softwrae and simulink...it may be...
ask on internet to see if Matlab has this ability....
Also you may find the answer in this link;
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/how-why-of-energy-harvesting-for-low-power-applications/
Dear Zahra,
Since in energy harvesting applications you are dealing with Multiphysics problems (conversion from one form of energy to another form of energy), the most popular software in this area is COMSOL. I agree that you can use Ansys or Abaqus. But COMSOL is more straightforward to use.
Goodluck.
Nathan Zavanelli
Essam Sobaih
Abbas Homayouni Amlashi
Thanks for your response
Dear Zahra,
For the commercial software, I recommend the COMSOL. It is more straightforward, and easy to learn. As far as the ANSYS is concerned, you should be careful with the IEEE and ANSYS forms about the piezoelectric material properties.
The Matlab is suitable for secondary development or structural optimization (eg, topology optimization research, see my published paper).@Abbas Homayouni Amlashi
Meng He
Grateful
Can you share the link to your desired published paper?
For matlab
[1] He M , Zhang X , Fernandez L , et al. Multi-material topology optimization of piezoelectric composite structures for energy harvesting[J]. Composite Structures, 2021, 265(1):113783.
[2] Homayouni-Amlashi A , Schlinquer T , · Abdenbi Mohand-Ousaid, et al. 2D Topology Optimization MATLAB Codes for Piezoelectric Actuators and Energy Harvesters[J]. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020.
For COMSOL
[1] Wang L , Zhao L , Jiang Z , et al. High accuracy comsol simulation method of bimorph cantilever for piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting[J]. AIP Advances, 2019, 9(9):095067.
COMSOL is very good, but you have to start with the theoretical basis of this this topic, means starting from the Fourth Order Partial Differential Equation.
Dear Zahra Tohidinejad . See the following useful RG links: Conference Paper Amulet: An Energy-Efficient, Multi-Application Wearable Platform
Article Feasibility of energy harvesting techniques for wearable med...
Article Energy Harvesting For Wearable Devices: A Review
Article Kinetic Energy Harvesting for Wearable Medical Sensors
Article Wearable power Harvester for medical applications
Kindly see also the following useful RG links: Article Modeling and Experimental Characterization of an Electromagn...
Article Energy Harvesting Based Body Area Networks for Smart Health
You can use COMSOL Multiphysics for finite element analysis.
COMSOL Multiphysics,and intellisuite are the best tools for such applications
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