Model order reduction for moving objects: fast simulation of vibration energy harvesters

Author: Sato Takahiro   Sato Yuki   Igarashi Hajime  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0332-1649

Source: COMPEL: Int J for Computation and Maths. in Electrical and Electronic Eng., Vol.34, Iss.5, 2015-09, pp. : 1623-1636

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Abstract

<title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title>– The finite element method (FEM) for 3D models needs heavy computational cost. The computational cost for FE analysis of moving objects, e.g. Vibration energy harvester, must be reduced to exploit the simulation of the dynamic system in its design. The paper aims to discuss these issues.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title>– To reduce the computational time of FEM, the model order reduction (MOR) based on proper orthogonal decomposition has been proposed. For the moving systems, MOR is modified.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title>– It is shown that proposed MOR makes it possible to drastically reduce the coupling analysis of the energy harvester in which the equations of motion, magnetostatics, and circuit are repeatedly solved.<title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title>– To reduce the computational time of FEM, block-MOR is presented, in which the whole domain is subdivided into N-blocks. As a result computational cost for MOR can be reduced.

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