Finite element analysis of piezoelectric microgenerator - Towards optimal configuration

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1312-1315

  Dauksevicius, R ^a   Kulvietis, G ^a   Ostasevicius, V ^b   Milasauskaite, I ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ambient vibrations; Cantilever; Finite element modeling; MEMS; Micropower energy harvesting; Piezoelectric conversion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; MEMS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TUNING;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; BENEFICIAL UTILIZATIONS; CANTILEVER; DYNAMIC NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPOWER; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC CONVERSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78650614424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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