Design optimization of piezoelectric energy harvester subject to tip excitation

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Park, Juil ^a   Lee, Soobum ^b   Kwak, Byung Man ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Piezoelectricity; PVDF; Rotary motion; Shape optimization; Tip excitation; Vibration

Indexed keywords

COUPLED-FIELD FINITE ELEMENT; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL DEVICE; NEW DESIGN; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PVDF; ROTARY MOTIONS; VIBRATION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESIGN; ENERGY HARVESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84862924167     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-011-0910-1     Document Type: Article

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