Piezoelectric energy harvesting for tyre pressure measurement applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 842-852

  Mak, Kuok H ^a   McWilliam, Stewart ^a   Popov, Atanas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Pressure sensing; Tyre dynamics

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; TIRES;

BATTERY REPLACEMENTS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PRESSURE SENSING; THEORETICAL MODELING; TYRE DYNAMICS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84880526885     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954407012463849     Document Type: Article

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