Vibration-based energy harvesting systems for on-board applications

2011 Joint Rail Conference, JRC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-337

  Nagode, C ^a   Ahmadian, M ^a   Taheri, S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIL SPRING; DISTRIBUTED POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROMECHANICAL ENERGY; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FREIGHT TRAINS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; INPUT MOTIONS; LINEAR GENERATORS; PROTOTYPE GENERATIONS; RAIL OPERATIONS; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; RELATIVE MOTION; SECOND GENERATION; SIZE AND SHAPE; SOLAR PANELS; VIBRATION-BASED ENERGY HARVESTING;

ENGINES; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; ROLLER BEARINGS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

FREIGHT CARS;

EID: 84860260302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/JRC2011-56107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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