A piezoelectric spring¿mass system as a low-frequency energy harvester [Correspondence]

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 846-850

  Hu, Hongping ^a   Hu, Lin ^a   Yang, Jiashi ^b   Wang, Hairen ^a   Chen, Xuedong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY HARVESTER; LOW-FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY; MASS SYSTEMS; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84875860452     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2633     Document Type: Article

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