New approach of frequency tuning for kinetic energy harvesters

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-360

  Schaufuss, Joerg ^a   Scheibner, Dirk ^b   Mehner, Jan ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy harvester; Frequency tuning; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; EIGENFREQUENCY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY-TUNING; ITS EVALUATION; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW VIBRATION; TUNABLE ENERGY; TUNABLE OPERATIONS;

HARVESTERS; TUNING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80055055591     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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