Reflections on free-piston stirling engines, Part 2: Stable operation

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-518

  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

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LINEARIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PISTONS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; STIRLING ENGINES; ALGEBRA; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIRLING CYCLE; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ALGEBRAIC RELATIONS; FREE PISTON STIRLING ENGINE; FREE-PISTON STIRLING MACHINES; LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; LINEARIZATION TECHNIQUE; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; STABILIZING EFFECTS;

ENGINE PISTONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

FREE PISTON STIRLING ENGINES (FPSE);

EID: 0032120463     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5307     Document Type: Article

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