A nonlinear method for harvesting mechanical energy from vibrations

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2267-2276

  Ma, Tian Wei ^a   Xu, Ning Shou ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Nonlinear systems; Resonance; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL LOAD; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; ENERGY; EQUIVALENT DAMPING; EQUIVALENT VISCOUS DAMPING; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; EXTERNAL EXCITATION; FIXED AMPLITUDE; GENERATOR SYSTEMS; INERTIA EFFECTS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MAXIMAL VALUES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; NON-LINEAR METHODS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTPUT POWER; PARAMETRIC EXCITATIONS; PARAMETRIC RESONANCE; UPPER BOUND; VIBRATION; WORKING MODE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DAMPING; EARTH (PLANET); NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; RESONANCE; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78649242700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41096(366)209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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