Research Article

An Improved Lumped Parameter Model for a Piezoelectric Energy Harvester in Transverse Vibration

Table 2

Material and geometric parameters. Source: Erturk and Inman, 2009 [15].

ItemValue

Piezoelectric plate density (kg/m3)7800
Substrate plate density (kg/m3)9000
Piezoelectric plate stiffness (GPa)66
Substrate plate stiffness (GPa)105
Strain constant (C/m)
Stress constant (C/m)āˆ’11.5
Vacuum permittivity (F/m)
Absolute permittivity (F/m)1500
Beam length (mm)50.8
Beam width (mm)31.8
Piezoelectric plate thickness (mm)0.26
Substrate platethickness (mm)0.14
Damping ratio of elastic magnifier 0.002
Damping ratio of piezoelectric beam 0.027
Tip mass (kg)0.012
Load resistance 1000