International audienceThis paper addresses the dynamic behavior of piezoelectric cantilevers under base excita-tions. Such devices are frequently used for applications in energy harvesting. An Euler-Bernoulli model that accounts for large-deflection effects and piezoelectric nonlinearities is proposed. Closed-form expressions of the frequency response are derived, both for direct excitation (i.e. with a base acceleration transverse to the axis of the cantilever) and parametric excitation (i.e. with a base acceleration along the axis of the cantilever). Experimental results are reported and used for assessing the validity of the proposed model. Building on the model presented, some critical issues related to energy-harvesting are investigated , such as the influence of nonlinearities on the optimal load resistance, the limits of validity of linear models, and hysteresis effects in the electrical power. The efficiency of direct and parametric excitation is also compared in detail
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