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An investigation on stress distribution effect on multi- piezoelectric energy harvesters

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With the fast development of piezoelectric materials and due to its green and renewable characteristics, the piezoelectric energy harvesting technology has been paid more and more attention by pavement engineers. The stress distribution will significantly affect the piezoelectric material performance. In this paper, the effects of multiple piezoelectric elements on the generation of electrical energy and output power are studied. In the case of constant external load, the number of the piezoelectric units does not necessarily produce more energy. When the same multi piezoelectric units work together, if the stress state of the piezoelectric units is different, the total output energy affected by the connection mode. For uneven stress distribution, the optimal output mode is that each of the piezoelectric units rectified before connected in parallel.

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Acknowledgements

This research is supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (NO.2014AA110402), Science and Technology Project of Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China (NO.2014318791080) and the project “Research and Manufacturing of In-Pavement Piezoelectric Energy Harvester”(NO. 458256).

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  1. National Center for Materials Service Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China

    Hailu Yang

  2. Research of Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport, Beijing, China

    Dongwei Cao

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Yang, H., Cao, D. An investigation on stress distribution effect on multi- piezoelectric energy harvesters. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 11, 301–307 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-017-0404-z

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