Spherical, rolling magnet generators for passive energy harvesting from human motion

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Bowers, Benjamin J ^a   Arnold, David P ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COILS; FARADAY'S LAWS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN MOTIONS; MOTION ENERGY; NONRESONANT; PASSIVE ENERGY; POWER DENSITIES; SPHERICAL CAVITIES; TIME VARYING; TIME-AVERAGED; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETS; SPHERES;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 70350676854     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/9/094008     Document Type: Article

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