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Doctoral Thesis
Author of thesis: Ing. Petr Sosna
Acad. year: 2025/2026
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Zdeněk Hadaš, Ph.D.
Reviewers: prof. Ing. Dušan Maga, Ph.D., Ing. Ivo Stachiv, Ph.D.
Nonlinear and hybrid vibration energy harvesters are often presented as promising concepts for autonomous power supply, yet without uncertainty-aware modeling, they remain difficult to tune, compare, and deploy reliably. This dissertation focuses on the tunability of nonlinear energy harvesting systems under industrial conditions, where manufacturing tolerances, material variability, and changing excitation are unavoidable. While much of the current research concentrates on increasing peak power or proposing new nonlinear designs, less attention is given to how these systems can be deliberately adapted to maintain stable and predictable operation. The main aim of the thesis is to develop tuning approaches that help compensate for the effects of uncertainty. Magnetic stiffness nonlinearity was experimentally and numerically verified as a practical way to reshape the dynamic behavior and adjust operating regimes. Hybrid piezoelectric–electromagnetic systems were analyzed using sensitivity and uncertainty methods to understand how parameter variability influences harvested power. To complete the analysis, geometric and material uncertainties in strongly nonlinear electromagnetic harvesters were investigated, revealing how small parameter changes can lead to significant shifts in system response. The results show that tunability should be understood as the ability to adapt and counteract uncertainty, not only to shift resonance. The thesis proposes an uncertainty-aware tuning framework that supports reliable and robust industrial deployment of nonlinear energy harvesting systems.
vibration energy harvesting, nonlinear dynamics, tunability, magnetic stiffness, hybrid energy harvester, uncertainty analysis, sensitivity analysis, industrial deployment
Date of defence
14.05.2026
Result of the defence
Defended (thesis was successfully defended)
Process of defence
Komise se shodla, že předložená dizertační práce je velmi kvalitní s dobrým metodologickým základem a silným potenciálem pro praktické využití. Vědeckou úroveň dokládá i počet publikací, kde je Ing. Sosna spoluautorem - 4 články v impaktovaných časopisech a 4 příspěvky v mezinárodních konferencích. Komise doporučuje revizi textu dizertační práce, odstranění překlepů atd.
Language of thesis
English
Faculty
Fakulta strojního inženýrství
Department
Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics
Study programme
Applied Mechanics (D-IME-P)
Composition of Committee
prof. RNDr. Michal Kotoul, DrSc. (předseda) doc. Ing. Jiří Šremr, Ph.D. (místopředseda) prof. Ing. Dušan Maga, Ph.D. (člen) prof. Ing. Jan Leuchter, Ph.D. (člen) doc. Ing. Petr Beneš, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Miroslav Mrlík, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Ivo Stachiv, Ph.D. (člen)
Supervisor’s reportprof. Ing. Zdeněk Hadaš, Ph.D.
Grade proposed by supervisor: A
Reviewer’s reportprof. Ing. Dušan Maga, Ph.D.
Reviewer’s reportIng. Ivo Stachiv, Ph.D.
Responsibility: Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Odstrčilová