Shape and geometrical parameter effects of a bimorph piezoelectric beam on energy harvesting performance

In this paper, the shape influence of piezoelectric beams including triangle, trapezoid, rectangle, inverted trapezoid, convex parabola, concave parabola, and comb-shaped (a combination of two triangular beams with a connector of 4 mm length) are addressed and analyzed by FEM. The analysis is perfor...

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Main Authors: Amir Ashkan Sarafraz, Seyed Alireza Seyed Roknizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics
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Online Access:http://jacm.scu.ac.ir/article_12781_30acc72785f2e70a00adc6f673ef0353.pdf