Design and performance of variable-shaped piezoelectric energy harvesters

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-186

  Ben Ayed, Samah ^a   Abdelkefi, Abdessattar ^a   Najar, Fehmi ^b   Hajj, Muhammad R ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

differential quadrature method; distributed model; Energy harvesting; piezoelectric material; variable shaped beams

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE METHODS; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; RECTANGULAR SHAPES; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; VARIABLE-SHAPED BEAMS;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84891123022     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X13489365     Document Type: Article

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