Design and experiment of multiple piezoelectric bimorphs for scavenging vibration energy

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-275

  Shan, Xiao Biao ^a   Yuan, Jiang Bo ^a   Xie, Tao ^a   Chen, Wei Shan ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; FEM; multiple piezoelectric bimorphs

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FEM; MULTIPLE PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SCAVENGING VIBRATION ENERGY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78650376353     PISSN: 13835416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2010-1317     Document Type: Article

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