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Final Year Project 2020/2021

Design and CFD Analysis of

Piezoelectric Flapping-Wing for

Onboard Energy Generator in Electric

Vehicle

Student’s Name: Muhammad Aqlan Bin Che Nudin
Supervisor’s Name: Faiza Mohamed Nasir

Supervisor’s Email: faiza@unikl.edu.my

Abstract The main problem of the electric vehicle is low battery capacity and short distance
travel. In order to encounter the limitations of the electric vehicle, an onboard energy generator
need to be invented. In this project, the energy harvester will be using piezoelectric as an energy
harvester in order to convert wind energy into electrical energy. This project will optimize the
design geometry of piezoelectric. This research needs to be analyzed using Solidwork
regarding using the piezoelectric with flapping-wing type to generate electric power from wind
energy. The analysis and simulation are done using Solidworks. This research project needs to
study the fluid flow of the piezoelectric flapping-wing type. The design needs to be simulated
using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to get a desirable design. According to the
simulation and optimization for this project, there needs to be a distance between two
piezoelectrics to get the higher displacement of the piezoelectric. It can be concluded that
piezoelectric on the car's hood can be implemented to have an onboard energy generator. For
the geometry design of piezoelectric, the higher the distance between piezoelectric, the higher
the displacement produce, the higher the voltage reading.

Keywords Piezoelectric, Piezoelectric Flapping-wing, Solidworks Simulation and analysis,
flow simulation, Solidworks

Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechanical (Automotive) 17
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechatronics (Automotive)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechanical Design