Descripción del proyecto
Amortiguadores piezoeléctricos novedosos para edificios inteligentes de gran altura
Dada la incapacidad de los materiales piezoeléctricos para transportar cargas y las bajas frecuencias vibratorias de los edificios, nunca se han utilizado dispositivos de recolección de energía piezoeléctrica como conexiones estructurales en la edificación civil. El proyecto SMART-UP, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene como objetivo introducir unos dispositivos novedosos, llamados amortiguadores piezoeléctricos , que se integrarán en edificios modernos de gran altura para conectar elementos estructurales y recolectar energía simultáneamente. Los amortiguadores piezoeléctricos son elementos compuestos que se hallan en las conexiones entre las partes estructurales de los edificios. Utilizan las oscilaciones inducidas por el viento para transformar la energía cinética de la estructura oscilante en electricidad. Los amortiguadores piezoeléctricos ampliarán a macroescala las técnicas de recolección de energía piezoeléctrica actualmente disponibles a micro y mesoescala. En el proyecto se promoverán edificios de gran altura que resistan a los azotes del viento y que, al mismo tiempo, aprovechen las vibraciones de inducción eólica para reducir su huella de carbono y mejorar su eficiencia.
Objetivo
The SMART-UP project will initiate innovative devices called piezoelectric-dampers (PiDs) to be embedded in modern tall buildings for simultaneous structural elements connection and energy harvesting (EH). PiDs are composite elements (piezoelectric+steel or rubber) located in the connections between buildings’ structural members and engaged by wind-induced oscillations to transform the kinetic energy of the oscillating structure into electricity. The concept of PiD is transformative as this will scale-up currently developed piezoelectric EH (pzEH) techniques at the micro and meso-scales to the truly macro scale. pzEH devices have never been implemented as structural connections in civil buildings for a number of reasons, such as the inadequacy of piezo materials in carrying loads and low frequencies of the vibrations occurring in buildings. These will be comprehensively addressed in SMART-UP by innovative in-parallel coupling schemes between piezo and the load-carrying members such as steel and/or rubber and by allowing the piezo-blocks working in nonlinear regimes arising from buckling or impact. These features will allow their implementation in buildings for powering wireless sensors provided for building automation, which leads to an increment of the building sustainability, and for structural-health monitoring, leading to an increase of the building resilience. Thanks to the introduction of these novel macroscale EH skills, the SMART-UP project makes a step-change in high-rise buildings design and management, by defining a new breed of tall SMART buildings with self-powering, adaptive-in-behavior capabilities. The envisioned buildings not only resist wind loads, but they exploit wind-induced vibrations to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their performances. They will push Europe moving forward to the smart cities era, which is of paramount importance in our modern technological and connected/inclusive society.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpiezoelectrics
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architecturesustainable building
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
SA2 8PP Swansea
Reino Unido