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dc.contributor.advisorSang-Gook Kim.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYoon, You C. (You Chang)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-25T15:47:48Z
dc.date.available2014-04-25T15:47:48Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86267
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, June 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 48).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the design and analysis of an experimental test bench for the characterization of piezoelectric microelectromechanical system (MEMS) energy harvester being developed by the Micro & Nano Systems Laboratory research group at MIT. Piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters are micro-devices that are able to harvest energy from their ambient vibrations using piezoelectric material property, and many different designs are being researched by the Micro & Nano Systems Laboratory. In order to analyze the different designs, it is crucial to have a flexible test bench, and the test bench created in this thesis allows data to be gathered easily from different energy harvesters. After the test bench is designed and created, it is used to excite a linear cantilever beam energy harvester system at different frequencies and values for open circuit voltage, resonance frequency, and maximum power are calculated from the collected experimental data. In addition, theory behind linear and nonlinear energy harvester systems is investigated and important definitions, characteristics, and equations are summarized in this thesis.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby You C. Yoon.en_US
dc.format.extent48 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleDesign of test bench apparatus for piezoelectric energy harvestersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc874151479en_US


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