Physical Transformation AtlasPTA
Pathway · p-972f7157f8 · extends a recorded pathway

Bulk fluid flow → Electrical work

Bulk fluid flowFlow-induced vibrationMechanical vibrationReverse electrowettingCharge carriersElectrical work

Epistemic state of the route

known constituent relations
3 / 5 established or replicated · weakest constituent demonstrated
constituent maturity floor
K4 · experimentally observed
search for this exact route
Not assessed — complete composition not searched.
recorded-pathway overlap
shares its closing relations with Reverse-electrowetting harvester · 3/5 relations shared
route-level evidence
0 sources for the complete composition · 3 cited by the constituent steps
boundaries and interfaces
BOUNDARY compatible · no region transition

Explorematrix context · physics checks · steps · route evidence · constituent evidence · cite

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.10 × C.13 · Bulk fluid flow × Electrostatic (variable capacitance)family: Electrostatic (variable capacitance)

Steps

  1. 01
    Bulk fluid flow —drives→ Flow-induced vibrationestablishedclaim record
    kinetic → mechanical · loss to thermal
    • a bluff or flexible body in the stream at a Reynolds number where vortex shedding locks to a structural mode
    bulk flow required
    refs [1]
  2. 02
    Flow-induced vibration —produces→ Mechanical vibrationestablishedclaim record
    mechanical → mechanical
    refs [1]
  3. 03
    Mechanical vibration —drives→ Reverse electrowettingdemonstratedclaim record
    mechanical → electrical · loss to thermal
    • conductive droplets moved across a biased dielectric-coated electrode array
    liquid · electric field or bias required
    refs [2]
  4. 04
    Reverse electrowetting —produces→ Charge carriersdemonstratedclaim record
    electrical → electrical
    refs [2]
  5. 05
    Charge carriers —converts into→ Electrical workestablishedclaim record
    electrical → electrical · loss to thermal
    • carriers driven through an external load at the potential difference the source maintains
    refs [3]

Evidence for the complete composition · 0

No source on record for this exact composition. The sources below support the individual steps, not the route as a whole.

Evidence for the constituent relations · 3

  1. [1]
    H. B. Radousky, H. Liang. Energy harvesting: an integrated view of materials, devices and applications (2012)
    Nanotechnology 23, 502001 · doi:10.1088/0957-4484/23/50/502001 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    T. Krupenkin, J. A. Taylor. Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting (2011)
    Nature Communications 2, 448 · doi:10.1038/ncomms1454 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    N. W. Ashcroft, N. D. Mermin. Solid State Physics (1976)
    Holt, Rinehart and Winston · book, no DOI · record

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). route p-972f7157f8: Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Reverse electrowetting → Charge carriers → Electrical work. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/path/972f7157f8

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