Enhancement of energy harvested from a random vibration source by magnetic coupling of a piezoelectric cantilever

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1337-1341

  Lin, Ji Tzuoh ^a   Alphenaar, Bruce ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; magnetic coupling; piezoelectric cantilever; pink noise

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER MOTION; CHAOTIC MOTIONS; MAGNETIC FORCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVER; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PINK NOISE; POTENTIAL MINIMA; POTENTIAL WELLS; RANDOM NOISE; RANDOM VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; VIBRATION SPECTRA;

HARVESTING; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETISM; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78650264433     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X09355662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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