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Analysis of an electrostatic energy harvester with variable area, permittivity and radius

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This paper reports on an electrostatic vibration energy harvester (e-VEH) system with variable area, variable permittivity, and variable radius. Nonlinear oscillator equations are established for each case, and solved analytically and numerically. The power produced by each configuration of the harvester is presented in terms of resistive load, frequency and external excitation.

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  1. Laboratory of Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, Biomimetics, and Prototypes and TWAS Research Unit, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Dianoré Tokoue Ngatcha & Paul Woafo

  2. Applied Physics Research Group (APHY), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

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Ngatcha, D., Woafo, P. Analysis of an electrostatic energy harvester with variable area, permittivity and radius. Eur. Phys. J. B 89, 229 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2016-70287-y

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