Tree-inspired piezoelectric energy harvesting

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-114

  Hobbs, William B ^a   Hu, David L ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric energy harvesting; Tandem cylinders; Vortex induced vibrations

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND TESTS; DOWNSTREAM CYLINDERS; FLOW SPEED; LINEAR ARRAYS; PEAK POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SOAP FILMS; TANDEM CYLINDER; UNIFORM FLOW; VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY;

ENERGY HARVESTING; FORESTRY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

CYLINDERS; ENERGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84856089713     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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