Design and experimental characterization of a tunable vibration-based electromagnetic micro-generator

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-293

  Zhu, Dibin ^a   Roberts, Stephen ^b   Tudor, Michael J ^a   Beeby, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PERPETUUM LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Micro generator; Tunable; Vibration energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; AXIAL TENSILE FORCES; BEAM STIFFNESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FREQUENCY-TUNING; INERTIAL FORCES; MICROGENERATORS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; TEST RESULTS; TUNABLE VIBRATIONS; TUNING MECHANISM; TUNING RANGES;

DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HARVESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TUNING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77949340071     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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