Design of an electromagnetic vibration energy harvester for structural health monitoring of bridges employing wireless sensor networks

Energy harvesting is playing an increasingly important role in supplying power to monitoring and automation systems such as structural health monitoring using wireless sensor networks. This importance is most notable when the structures to be monitored are in rural, hazardous, or limited access envi...

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Main Author: Dierks, Eric Carl
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-08-4221