TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanics of energy harvesters based on tensegrity solar facades
AU - Miranda, Raffaele
AU - Babilio, Enrico
AU - Singh, Nidhita
AU - Villamil, Diana P.
AU - Santos, Filipe
AU - Fraternali, Fernando
N1 - 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).
PY - 2020/12/18
Y1 - 2020/12/18
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 and are used to direct the shading panels towards the sun. 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 and are used to direct the shading panels towards the sun. 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.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/999/1/012003
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/999/1/012003
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85098628995
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 999
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 012003
T2 - 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing, ICMMM 2020
Y2 - 25 September 2020 through 27 September 2020
ER -