Experimental implementation of a cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester with a dynamic magnifier

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7977, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arafa, M ^a   Akl, W ^b   Aladwani, A ^c   Aldraihem, O ^d,e   Baz, A ^c,d  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cantilevered piezoelectric harvesters; Dynamic magnifier; Energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

BASE STRUCTURE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; ENERGY HARVESTER; FREE END; MECHANICAL STRAIN; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; PROOF MASS; RELATIVE MOTION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPRING-MASS SYSTEM; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARVESTERS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79958149942     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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