Analytical and experimental comparisons of electromechanical vibration response of a piezoelectric bimorph beam for power harvesting

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-86

  Lumentut, M F ^a   Howard, I M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromechanical; Hamiltonian; Harvesting; Laplace; Piezoelectric; Weak form

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BASE EXCITATION; DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENTS; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; ELECTRICAL LOAD; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRO MECHANICAL DYNAMICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; EULER-BERNOULLI BEAM EQUATION; EXCITATION ANGLES; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FREQUENCY-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIAN PRINCIPLE; HEALTH CONDITION; INDEPENDENT COEFFICIENTS; INPUT BASE; INPUT MOTIONS; LAPLACE; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS; LONGITUDINAL EXCITATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI-OUTPUT; MULTIINPUT; MULTIMODES; OFF-AXIS; PARALLEL CONNECTIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; POWER HARVESTING; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RESPONSE AMPLITUDES; SINGLE-MODE SYSTEMS; STRAIN FIELDS; THEORETICAL VALIDATIONS; TIP MASS; VIBRATING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL DISPLACEMENTS; WEAK FORM; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CONDITION MONITORING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HAMILTONIANS; HARVESTING; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84874116116     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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