Output details
12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Newcastle University
Article title
The pizzicato knee-joint energy harvester: characterization with biomechanical data and the effect of backpack load
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Smart Materials and Structures
Article number
075023
Volume number
21
Issue number
7
First page of article
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ISSN of journal
1361-665X
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
4
Additional information
This paper builds on previous work [Pozzi2] to present and characterise the world’s first wearable knee-joint piezoelectric energy harvester. The device was tested in a unique knee-joint simulator, driven by original kinematic data for a walking human carrying a range of backpack loads, and demonstrates that useful amounts of energy can be harvested.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
G - MEMS and Sensors
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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