Potential benefits of a non-linear stiffness in an energy harvesting device

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 545-558

  Ramlan, R ^a   Brennan, M J ^a   MacE, B R ^a   Kovacic, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Hardening; Negative stiffness; Snap through

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; FUNCTION OF TIME; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; LINEAR DEVICES; MASS-SPRING-DAMPER SYSTEM; NEGATIVE STIFFNESS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR DEVICES; NON-LINEAR STIFFNESS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SNAP-THROUGH;

HARDENING; HARVESTING; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77949269019     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-009-9561-5     Document Type: Article

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