Harvesting energy from the vibration of a passing train using a single-degree-of-freedom oscillator
A fundamental investigation into the energy harvested from a train-induced vibration. Excitation is time-limited so the transient in the induced vibration is important. Simple expressions are derived and a strategy is proposed to optimize the harvester. For the specific case, a maximum energy of 0.25J/kg can be harvested at 17Hz.
energy harvesting train-induced vibration time-limited excitation transient vibration