A retrofitted energy harvester for low frequency vibrations

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Cai, C S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT VIBRATIONS; BIMORPH CANTILEVER; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER; ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELS; ENERGY HARVESTER; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; MODELING RESULTS; MULTI-IMPACT; OUTPUT POWER; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVER BEAMS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS; SYSTEM STATUS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

EID: 84862188856     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/7/075007     Document Type: Article

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