University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Harvesting Wave Energy from Resonant Observers

Kirsh, Thomas P.; Hubler, Alfred

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Title
Harvesting Wave Energy from Resonant Observers
Author(s)
  • Kirsh, Thomas P.
  • Hubler, Alfred
Contributor(s)
Hubler, Alfred
Issue Date
2015-05
Keyword(s)
  • Physics
  • Energy
  • Waves
  • Resonance
  • Oscillators
  • Power
Date of Ingest
2015-05-14T17:53:16Z
Abstract
This project looks at creating a sink that diverts the electromagnetic waves in from a source on another plane. We use a self-sustaining oscillator A as our source, another oscillator B as the receiver, and a third oscillator C as the ground. There is an optimal friction constant such that when A and B are in resonance, we should find that the maximum power is dissipated in B and minimum power is dissipated in C. The oscillators have equations of motion similar to the Van der Pol equation but with different damping terms. For some solutions, I found analytically a value for the amplitude. Using Matlab, I run simulations of our system in order to determine the optimal resistance that produces the maximum power in the receiver as well as the power dissipated at each oscillator.
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Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77701
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2015 Thomas P. Kirsh
  • Copyright 2015 Alfred Hubler

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Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015 PRIMARY