Research Article
Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Two-Piece Trapezoidal Piezoelectric Devices for Sensing and Energy Harvesting
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The quality factor of the second trapezoidal bimorph design. The structure loss factor is 0.025. The damping ratio is 0.017. The length of the beam L is 60 mm, the thickness of Tpiezo is 0.3 mm, and the thickness of the brass layer Ts is 0.05 mm.
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