Compliant bistable mechanism for low frequency vibration energy harvester inspired by auditory hair bundle structures

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Gi Woo ^a   Kim, Jaehwan ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; BISTABLE MECHANISMS; ENERGY HARVESTER; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HAIR BUNDLES; INNER EAR; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; NEGATIVE STIFFNESS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC POWER; VIBRATION ENERGIES; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING;

ENERGY HARVESTING; MECHANISMS; STIFFNESS;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84871551523     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/1/014005     Document Type: Article

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