28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-6.7.1

BI-AXIAL VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING FOR USE ON AEROSPACE PLATFORMS

S. D. Moss, L. A. Vandewater, J. E. McLeod, S. C. Galea
DSTO, Australia

Keywords: vibration energy harvesting, scaling, biaxial, electromagnetic, structural health monitoring

This work describes a vibration energy harvesting approach that uses a magnetoelectric transducer to harvest energy from bi-axial vibrations. The approach is being explored as a potential means of powering in situ structural health monitoring systems embedded within aircraft.

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