Energy harvesting from suspension systems using regenerative force actuators

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 294-311

  Khoshnoud, Farbod ^a,b   Sundar, Dinesh Babu ^a   Badi, M N M ^a   Chen, Yong K ^a   Calay, Rajnish K ^c   De Silva, Clarence W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active control of suspensions; Energy harvesting from vibration; Regenerative force actuators; RFA

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACTIVE CONTROL; ENERGY HARVESTING FROM VIBRATIONS; EXCITATION SIGNALS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FORCE ACTUATORS; SUSPENSION SYSTEM; THEORETICAL VALUES; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84882640763     PISSN: 14791471     EISSN: 1479148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2013.055804     Document Type: Article

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