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The role of excitations statistic and nonlinearity in energy harvesting from random impulsive excitations

Reports for the first time a novel nonlinear design of an energy harvester and a new phenomenon (the resonance-shaped dependence of harvesting efficiency on asymmetry of statistical distribution of vibration), and led to an invited talk at the European Network Workshop: Dynamics of Smart Materials and Structures, February 2013. Following on, collaboration has been established with Prof Litak (Lublin), Prof Manoach (Sofia), Prof Halvorsen (Tonsberg), Prof Venstra (Delft), Dr Bernardini (Rome) and Dr Abadal (Barcelona) and this led to submission (March 2013) of a proposal entitled ‘Nonlinear Methods and Materials for Vibration Damping and Energy Harvesting’ for COST European research.