Research Article
Maximum Obtainable Energy Harvesting Power from Galloping-Based Piezoelectrics
| Symbol | Description |
| A | | B | | C | | Cb | 2ζωn/ϕ2 (Lt) | M | 1/ϕ2 (Lt) | K | ωn2/ϕ2 (Lt) | Θ | χ/ϕ (Lt) | | Air density | L | Length of the beam | Ftip | | Mtip | | Mbase | | btip | Width of the tip body | Ltip | Length of the tip body | a1, a3 | Aerodynamic force coefficients | R | Load resistance | Q | Quality factor | ξ | Damping ratio of the structure | | Mode shape of the structure | | Electromechanical coefficient of piezoelectric material | | Yield strength of piezoelectric material | Cp | Capacity of piezoelectric layer | U | Wind velocity | V | Piezoelectric voltage | | | Ω | Angular velocity of the motion | χ | First natural angular velocity of the cantilever beam | ω | | | Cantilever-beam displacement |
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