A piezoelectric power harvester with adjustable frequency through axial preloads

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1961-1966

  Hu, Yuantai ^a   Xue, Huan ^a   Hu, Hongping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLEXURAL MODES; PIEZOELECTRIC POWER HARVESTERS; POWER DENSITY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 39749086306     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/5/054     Document Type: Article

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