A low frequency nonlinear energy harvester with large bandwidth utilizing magnet levitation

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Cai, C S ^a   Kong, Bo ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

bridges; civil infrastructure; energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BRIDGES; MAGNETS;

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; EXTERNAL EXCITATION; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM; SINUSOIDAL VIBRATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; VIBRATION-BASED ENERGY HARVESTING;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84925764915     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/4/045019     Document Type: Article

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