Nonlinear electromechanical energy harvesters with fractional inductance

In this paper, an electromechanical energy harvesting system exhibiting the fractional properties and subjected to the harmonic excitation is investigated. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the system performance with parametric coupling and fractional derivative. The dynamic of the system is presented, plotting bifurcation diagram, poincaré map, power spectral density and phase portrait. These results are confirmed by using 0−1 test. The harmonic balance method is used with the goal to provide the analytical response of the electromechanical system. The numerical simulation validates the results obtained by this analytical technique. In addition, replacing the harmonic by the random excitation, the impact of noise intensity, the fractional order derivatives κ and the amplitude of the parametric coupling γ is investigated in detail. It points out from these results that for the best choice of D, κ and γ, the output power can be improved.