TY - JOUR
T1 - Computational modeling of the mechanics of energy harvesters based on tensegrity solar façades
AU - Miranda, Raffaele
AU - Babilio, Enrico
AU - Singh, Narinder
AU - Santos, Filipe
AU - Fraternali, Fernando
N1 - Funding Information:
R.M., N.S., and F.F. acknowledge financial support from MIUR under the PRIN 2017 National Grant ‘Multiscale Innovative Materials and Structures’ (grant number 2017J4EAYB).
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This work is focused on the computational design of tensegrity shading systems of energy efficient buildings which mitigate air conditioning consumption and optimize the energy performance of the building. It is concerned with the design of active solar façade screens based on lightweight tensegrity units, which are easily integrated with energy harvesting piezoelectric cables. The unit cells of the analyzed screens are controlled by tensioning and releasing selected cables of the structure. A numerical procedure simulates the dynamics of the analyzed tensegrity façades, by considering the opening and closure motions of the screens, and the vibrations produced by the action of dynamic wind forces. The energy harvesting ability of the proposed façade is numerically estimated.
AB - This work is focused on the computational design of tensegrity shading systems of energy efficient buildings which mitigate air conditioning consumption and optimize the energy performance of the building. It is concerned with the design of active solar façade screens based on lightweight tensegrity units, which are easily integrated with energy harvesting piezoelectric cables. The unit cells of the analyzed screens are controlled by tensioning and releasing selected cables of the structure. A numerical procedure simulates the dynamics of the analyzed tensegrity façades, by considering the opening and closure motions of the screens, and the vibrations produced by the action of dynamic wind forces. The energy harvesting ability of the proposed façade is numerically estimated.
KW - Dynamic solar façades
KW - Mechanical energy harvesters
KW - Tensegrity structures
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122146867&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.097
DO - 10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.097
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85122146867
SN - 2696-6999
VL - 900
JO - World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress
JF - World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress
T2 - 14th World Congress of Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress, WCCM-ECCOMAS 2020
Y2 - 11 January 2021 through 15 January 2021
ER -