A distributed parameter model for the piezoelectric stack harvester subjected to general periodic and random excitations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.06.076
Abstract: Abstract Vibration-based energy harvesting using piezoelectric stacks has received increasing attention in recent years for its higher mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion capability in the d33 mode. However, most research on this type of harvesters is based… read more here.
Keywords: stack harvester; distributed parameter; piezoelectric stack; general periodic ... See more keywords
A quasicontinuum theory for the nonlinear mechanical response of general periodic truss lattices
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2018.11.014
Abstract: We present a framework for the efficient, yet accurate description of general periodic truss networks based on concepts of the quasicontinuum (QC) method. Previous research in coarse-grained truss models has focused either on simple bar… read more here.
Keywords: general periodic; truss lattices; truss; periodic truss ... See more keywords