Material strength consideration in the design optimization of nonlinear energy harvester

• Main Authors: Upadrashta, Deepesh, Yang, Yaowen, Tang, Lihua
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101727; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24075
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cantilever-based piezoelectric energy harvesting from ambient vibrations is a viable solution for powering wireless sensors and low-power electronic devices. For realization of such technology, it is imperative to design the energy harvester with higher power output and wider operating bandwidth. Th...