Analyses of power output of piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices directly connected to a load resistor using a coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element method

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1309-1318

  Zhu, Meiling ^a   Worthington, Emma ^a   Njuguna, James ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT AMPLITUDES; ELECTRIC OUTPUT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LOAD RESISTORS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MODELING AND SIMULATION; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; POWER OUT PUT; RECURRING COSTS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC MASS; VIBRATIONAL AMPLITUDES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORROSION PREVENTION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARVESTING; NANOCANTILEVERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESISTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68249145923     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1187     Document Type: Article

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