title: Performance of a piezoelectric harvester in thickness-stretch mode of a plate.
abstract: We studied mechanical-to-electrical power conversion of a piezoelectric plate driven mechanically into thickness-stretch vibrations. We have derived an analytical solution from the three-dimensional equations of linear piezoelectricity that shows the role of each of the physical parameters in determining the performance of such a piezoelectric device, usually measured by the output power density, the power efficiency, or both. Numerical results are included for illustrating the dependence of the device performance upon these physical parameters.
authors.forename: Jiashi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Honggang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yuantai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jiang