Energy harvesting and power management of wireless sensors for structural control applications in civil engineering

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-312

  Casciati, Sara ^a   Faravelli, Lucia ^b   Chen, Zhicong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency division multiplexing; Power harvesting; Power management; Structural control; Wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POWER MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CABLE CONNECTION; LASER DISPLACEMENT SENSORS; MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY; POWER HARVESTING; POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84866689312     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2012.10.3.299     Document Type: Article

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