Modeling and testing of a novel aeroelastic flutter energy harvester

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bryant, Matthew ^a   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a,b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Cornell University Visiting Scientist ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; AEROELASTICITY; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); SPEED; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

AEROELASTIC FLUTTER; CRITICAL WIND SPEED; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; FLUTTER RESPONSE; HIGH WIND SPEED; LIMIT-CYCLE; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; SIMPLE++; WIND SPEED;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79551624172     PISSN: 10489002     EISSN: 15288927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002788     Document Type: Article

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