Frequency tuning of piezoelectric energy harvesters by magnetic force

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Al Ashtari, Waleed ^a   Hunstig, Matthias ^a   Hemsel, Tobias ^a   Sextro, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTION FORCE; CONSTANT FREQUENCY; ELECTRIC POWER; EXCITING FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY-TUNING; HOST STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FORCE; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SINGLE FREQUENCY; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS; TEST SETUPS; VIBRATION ENERGIES; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84857818164     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/3/035019     Document Type: Article

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