A magnet-induced buckled-beam piezoelectric generator for wideband vibration-based energy harvesting

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1890-1901

  Zhu, Yang ^a   Zu, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bistable structure; Broad frequency bandwidth; Buckled beam; Low frequency; Magnetic force; Nonlinear vibrations; Piezoelectric energy harvesting; Snap through

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MAGNETS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

BISTABLE STRUCTURES; BUCKLED BEAMS; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; LOW-FREQUENCY; MAGNETIC FORCE; NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; SNAP-THROUGH;

BUCKLING;

EID: 84927710993     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X14541498     Document Type: Article

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