Experimental validation of a distributed parameter piezoelectric bimorph cantilever energy harvester
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عنوان ژورنال: Smart Materials and Structures
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0964-1726,1361-665X
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/9/094008