A comparison of power output from linear and nonlinear kinetic energy harvesters using real vibration data

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Beeby, Stephen P ^a   Wang, Leran ^a   Zhu, Dibin ^a   Weddell, Alex S ^a   Merrett, Geoff V ^a   Stark, Bernard ^b   Szarka, Gyorgy ^b   Al Hashimi, Bashir M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCTION; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATIONS; NONLINEAR KINETICS; TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTERS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ENGINES; KINETICS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; WHITE NOISE;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84879950200     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/7/075022     Document Type: Article

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