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A power harvester for wireless sensing applications
Author(s) -
Casciati Fabio,
Rossi Roberto
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
structural control and health monitoring
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1545-2263
pISSN - 1545-2255
DOI - 10.1002/stc.179
Subject(s) - energy harvesting , wireless , wireless sensor network , implementation , event (particle physics) , power (physics) , engineering , architecture , work (physics) , computer science , structural health monitoring , electrical engineering , embedded system , electronic engineering , telecommunications , computer network , mechanical engineering , software engineering , art , visual arts , physics , quantum mechanics
In many implementations of structural monitoring, wires connecting the sensors in a chain or in a network are not allowed. Furthermore, most of the sensors are supposed to work just after a triggering event, so that they only absorb energy during a limited number of short working periods. Nevertheless, power harvesting is the weak link in conceiving a fully wireless architecture. The overall problem is discussed throughout this paper and solutions for specific civil engineering environments are pursued. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.