Generation of electrical energy using short piezoelectric cantilevers in flowing media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7288, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pobering, S ^a   Ebermeyer, S ^b   Schwesinger, N ^b  

^a Micro Sensors GmbH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluff body; Cantilever; Energy harvester; Induced oscillation; Piezoelectric; PZT; Von K rm n's vortex street

Indexed keywords

BLUFF BODY; CANTILEVER; ENERGY HARVESTER; INDUCED OSCILLATION; PIEZOELECTRIC; PZT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCRETE BRIDGES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ROADS AND STREETS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WAKES;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 69549122675     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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