Energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations using piezoelectric cantilever beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6169, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Johnson, Thomas J ^a   Charnegie, David ^a   Clark, William W ^a   Buric, Michael ^a   Kusic, George ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantilever beams; Energy harvestings; Optimal; Piezoelectric material; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY HARVESTINGS; OPTIMAL; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVER BEAMS; VIBRATION DATA;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 33745862713     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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