Energy-harvesting microresonator based on the forces generated by the Karman street around a rectangular prism

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 449-457

  Sanchez Sanz, Mario ^a   Fernandez, Belen ^b   Velazquez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad Ignacio da Riva   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Laminar unsteady flow; MEMS; Microresonator; Vibration to energy conversion

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GUIDELINES; ENERGY HARVESTING; EQUATION OF MOTIONS; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LAMINAR UNSTEADY FLOW; MECHANICAL WORKS; MICRO DEVICES; MICRO POWER GENERATORS; MICROPRISM; MICRORESONATOR; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; POWER OUTPUTS; RECTANGULAR PRISMS; REYNOLDS; VIBRATION TO ENERGY CONVERSION;

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PRISMS; ROADS AND STREETS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

HARVESTING;

EID: 67349122286     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2013395     Document Type: Article

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