Wei Duan

Prof. Wei Duan


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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 June 2021 in Acta Geotechnica
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ZZZening Zhao
Zening Zhao
SCSurya Sarat Chandra Congress
Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
Guojun CaiGuojun Cai
Guojun Cai
WDWei Duan
Wei Duan

23 July 2022 in Acta Geotechnica
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RCRuifeng Chen
Ruifeng Chen
SCSurya Sarat Chandra Congress
Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
Guojun CaiGuojun Cai
Guojun Cai
RZRuixian Zhou
Ruixian Zhou
JXJingmin Xu
Jingmin Xu
SLSongYu Liu
SongYu Liu

5 August 2020 in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
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RCRuifeng Chen
Ruifeng Chen
Guojun CaiGuojun Cai
Guojun Cai
SCSurya Sarat Chandra Congress
Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
XDXiaoqiang Dong
Xiaoqiang Dong
WDWei Duan
Wei Duan

29 March 2022 in Acta Geotechnica
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WDWei Duan
Wei Duan
SCSurya Sarat Chandra Congress
Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
Guojun CaiGuojun Cai
Guojun Cai
ZZZening Zhao
Zening Zhao
SLSongYu Liu
SongYu Liu
HQHUANHUAN QIAO
HUANHUAN QIAO


23 January 2023 in Smart Materials and Structures
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ZLZhiming Liu
Zhiming Liu
WDWei Duan
Wei Duan
JWJun Wang
Jun Wang
Guojun CaiGuojun Cai
Guojun Cai
HHHuan He
Huan He
FYFeilong Ye
Feilong Ye
Recent years have seen significant advancements in the field of road vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric technology, including the watt-level road piezoelectric energy harvesters (RPEHs). However, research on the fatigue life of RPEH under thermal-mechanical coupling effect is lacking. In this study, six lead zirconate titanate (PZT) block piezoelectric transducers with distinct properties were fabricated, and five transducer structures were compared. The effects of piezoelectric material properties, pavement temperature, and transducer structure on RPEH fatigue degradation were investigated using approximately 23 million mechanical loads. The findings revealed that the output power of the soft PZT was significantly greater than that of the hard PZT under low-frequency cyclic loading. However, the Curie temperature decreased with an increasing piezoelectric constant of the soft PZT. Therefore, the stability of the output voltage worsened as the ambient temperature approached half the Curie temperature. Specifically, when the ambient temperature was 50 °C, the output failure phenomenon readily occurred during the initial stage of fatigue loading. By optimizing the transducer structure, the fatigue characteristics and high-temperature failure phenomenon of RPEH could be effectively improved. The coupling output modes of d 33 and d 31 were superior to that of the d 33 mode. Among these, the drum transducer exhibited the highest output performance and operational stability across different ambient temperatures, excitation frequencies, and displacements. After six million intermittent loads over 15 d (equivalent to two years of traffic load), the output power decreased from 6.51 to 6.02 mW with a degradation rate of merely 7.53%, indicating a promising application prospect. The results provide an crucial design foundation for the entire life cycle operation of RPEH in road engineering.