Electromagnetic energy harvesting from structural vibrations during earthquakes

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 449-470

  Shen, Wenai ^a   Zhu, Songye ^b   Zhu, Hongping ^a   Xu, You Lin ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Circuit; Earthquake; Low frequency; Predictive model; Shaking table test; Vibration energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY HARVESTING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RESISTORS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC HARVESTERS; LOW-FREQUENCY; PREDICTIVE MODELING; SHAKING TABLE TESTS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL SYSTEM; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING; WIRELESS SENSING NETWORKS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84990026455     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2016.18.3.449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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