Design of piezoelectric energy harvesting systems: A topology optimization approach based on multilayer plates and shells

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1923-1939

  Rupp, Cory J ^a   Evgrafov, Anton ^b   Maute, Kurt ^a   Dunn, Martin L ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Optimization; Piezoelectric

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; BASE EXCITATION; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COUPLED ELECTROMECHANICS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; ELECTRODE LAYERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; LAYERED PLATES; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; MASS LOADINGS; MULTILAYER PLATES; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS; SYSTEM LEVELS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; MULTILAYERS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 70350413725     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X09341200     Document Type: Article

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