The pizzicato knee-joint energy harvester: Characterization with biomechanical data and the effect of backpack load

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Pozzi, Michele ^a   Aung, Min S H ^b   Zhu, Meiling ^a   Jones, Richard K ^c   Goulermas, John Y ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BACKPACK LOAD; BIOMECHANICAL DATA; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTER; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; KNEE SIMULATORS; LOW FREQUENCY; MINIATURIZED ELECTRONICS; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; POWER REQUIREMENT; POWER SUPPLY; WEARABLE DEVICES;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 84863686999     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/7/075023     Document Type: Article

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