Piezoelectric-based power sources for harvesting energy from platforms with low frequency vibration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6171, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rastegar, J ^a   Pereira, C ^b   Nguyen, H L ^b  

^a 85 Air Park Drive Unit 3   (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Piezoelectric ceramics; Power sources

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; MECHANICAL ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; POWER SOURCES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 33745895318     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.657464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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