Wind energy harvesting for bridge health monitoring

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• McEvoy, Travis Kyle

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Wood, Kristin L.

• Energy harvesting
• Wind turbines
• Wireless sensor network

Statement 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.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/12208

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/12208