Increasing the efficiency of energy scavengers by magnets

Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Shahruz, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam mass systems; Energy scavengers; Nonlinear restoring spring force; Permanent magnets; Piezoelectric films

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PILE FOUNDATIONS;

BEAM-MASS SYSTEMS; DESIGNING EFFICIENT; ENERGY SCAVENGERS; MASS SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR RESTORING SPRING FORCE; PIEZOELECTRIC FILMS; PROOF MASSES; VIBRATION SOURCES;

MAGNETS;

EID: 55049090557     PISSN: 15551423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2960486     Document Type: Article

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