Improving power density of a cantilever piezoelectric power harvester through a curved L-shaped proof mass

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 868-876

  Li, Wen G ^a   He, Siyuan ^a   Yu, Shudong ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curved L shaped mass; Piezoelectric power harvesting; Walking energy scavenging

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; ENERGY SCAVENGING; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; IMPROVING POWER; L-SHAPED; OUTPUT POWER; PER UNIT VOLUME; PIEZOELECTRIC POWER; POWER DENSITIES; PROOF MASS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS; WALKING SPEED;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 76849088652     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2030761     Document Type: Article

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