Explains original theoretical and experimental methods developed for solution of energy harvesting problems

Facilitates improvement and optimization of energy harvesting devices and systems based on important numerical results

Describes promising new experimental equipment, supported by Russian patents, for testing and studying piezoelectric actuators and generators

Autorentext

Professor DrSc. Sergey N. Shevtsov is Head of Laboratory, South Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov- on-Don, Russia.

Inhalt
Preface.- Introduction.- General statement of the problems of electroelasticity.- Power high stroke flex-tensional piezoelectric actuator with optimized geometry.- Modeling of stack type piezoelectric generators.- Modeling of cantilever type piezoelectric generators.- Experimental investigations of piezoelectric generators.- Identification of defects in cantilever elastic rod.- Set-up for studying oscillation parameters and identification of defects in rod constructions.- Appendixes . <p