Wind energy harvesting for bridge health monitoring
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wood, Kristin L. | en |
| dc.creator | McEvoy, Travis Kyle | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-11T19:40:28Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T22:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-11T19:40:28Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T22:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-05 | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The work discussed in this thesis provides a review of pertinent literature, a design methodology, analytical model, concept generation and development, and conclusions about energy harvesting to provide long-term power for bridge health monitoring. The methodology gives structure for acquiring information and parameters to create effective energy harvesters. The methodology is used to create a wind energy harvester to provide long-term power to a wireless communication network. An analytical model is developed so the system can be scaled for different aspects of the network. A proof of concept is constructed to test the methodology's effectiveness, and validate the feasibility and analytical model. | en |
| dc.description.department | Mechanical Engineering | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/12208 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en |
| dc.subject | Energy harvesting | en |
| dc.subject | Wind turbines | en |
| dc.subject | Wireless sensor network | en |
| dc.title | Wind energy harvesting for bridge health monitoring | en |