Modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesting from an L-shaped beam-mass structure with an application to UAVs

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 529-544

  Erturk, Alper ^a   Renno, Jamil M ^a   Inman, Daniel J ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Piezoelectricity; Unmanned air vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; APPLICATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; LANDING; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PYROELECTRICITY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BAND ENERGIES; CURVED BEAMS; DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODELS; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; L-SHAPED; LANDING GEARS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES; VOLTAGE RESPONSE;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 61849137821     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X08098096     Document Type: Article

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