Reflections on free-piston stirling engines, Part 1: Cyclic steady operation

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 499-508

  De Monte, F ^a   Benvenuto, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; PISTONS; STIRLING ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIRLING CYCLE;

ANALYTICAL FORMS; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CONCEPTUAL SIMPLICITY; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FREE PISTON STIRLING ENGINE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;

ENGINE PISTONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

FREE PISTON STIRLING ENGINES (FPSE);

EID: 0032116412     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5306     Document Type: Article

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