Experimental study of a multi-impact energy harvester under low frequency excitations

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Cai, C S ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

bridges; energy harvesting; piezoelectric; vibrations

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; FREQUENCY EXCITATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATION; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; VIBRATIONS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84898449091     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/5/055002     Document Type: Article

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