Design, modeling, and optimization of nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesters

• Main Author: Upadrashta, Deepesh
• Other Authors: Yang Yaowen
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Alternative, renewable energy sources; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69544
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Over the past few years, structural health monitoring using wireless sensors has received significant emphasis to improve the safety, serviceability, and reliability of mechanical and civil structures. However, battery powered wireless sensors pose a critical issue of periodic replacement/recharge o...