Design and Optimization of a Self-powered Flow Meter Based on Flow-induced Vibration Energy Harvesting
LI Jinxia1, LIN Ji1, SUN Hongjun2, LI Shuangbao3
1. College of Electronic Information and Automation, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300; 2. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072; 3. Research Institute of Science and Technology, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300
LI Jinxia, LIN Ji, SUN Hongjun, LI Shuangbao. Design and Optimization of a Self-powered Flow Meter Based on Flow-induced Vibration Energy Harvesting[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2026, 62(11): 362-371.
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