This review provides a detailed overview of the energy harvesting technologies associated
with piezoelectric materials along with the closely related sub-classes of pyroelectrics and …

With the aim of increasing the efficiency of maintenance and fuel usage in airplanes,
structural health monitoring (SHM) of critical composite structures is increasingly expected …

An increasing interest in autonomous devices and electrical accumulators promoted by
industrial and domestic applications has raised the issue of powering these systems. In the …

We investigate the effects of shape variations of a cantilever beam on its performance as an
energy harvester. The beam is composed of piezoelectric and metallic layers (unimorph …

This paper describes the properties and the engineering applications of the smart materials,
especially in the mechatronics field. Even though there are several smart materials which all …

This study proposes a novel shape optimization methodology based on evolutionary
algorithms to maximize the harvesting energy from piezoelectric energy harvester stimulated …

This paper presents a preliminary investigation on energy harvesting from human walking
via piezoelectric vibrating cantilevers. Heel accelerations during human gait are established …

Technologies of energy harvesting have been developed intensively since the beginning of
the twenty-first century, presenting themselves as alternatives to traditional energy sources …

The capability of using a linear kinetic energy harvester–A cantilever structured piezoelectric
energy harvester–to harvest human motions in the real-life activities is investigated. The …

The process of collecting low-level kinetic energy, which is present in all moving systems, by
using energy harvesting principles, is of particular interest in wearable technology …