An energy harvester combining a piezoelectric cantilever and a single degree of freedom elastic system

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 526-537

  Wang, Hong Yan ^a,b   Shan, Xiao Biao ^a   Xie, Tao ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Finite element analysis; Piezoelectric cantilever; Single degree of freedom elastic (SDOF) system

Indexed keywords

CURRENT OUTPUT; DAMPING RATIO; ELASTIC SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE; LOAD RESISTANCES; LUMPED MASS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; POWER OUT PUT; RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHODS; SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84865312771     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1100344     Document Type: Article

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