Special Section on Response Analysis and Optimization of Dynamic Energy Harvesting Systems in Presence of Uncertainties

Abstract

This special section of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems: Part B comprises ten papers related to recent advances and emerging approaches on response analysis and optimization of energy harvesting dynamic systems in presence of uncertainties. A concerted effort was made to achieve broad geographic representation, while the invited papers are characterized by rich thematic and methodological diversity and present developments on both fundamental research and engineering applications.More specifically, the contributions can be categorized with respect to the following three distinct themes: (1) Numerical methods for stochastic response analysis, reliability-based design, and performance assessment of energy harvesters; (2) Uncertainty quantification and modeling of energy harvesters; and (3) Inerter-based energy harvesters subject to random excitations.