Dimensional analysis of leakage and mechanical power losses of kinematic Stirling engines

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 217, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 917-934

  Prieto, J I ^a   Stefanovskiy, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b TAVRIA STATE AGROTECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Characteristic power curves; Dimensional analysis; Leakage; Mechanical power losses; Preliminary design; Scaling based design; Similarity; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

BRAKES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; STIRLING ENGINES;

POWER LOSSES;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINE;

EID: 0141683912     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440603322310459     Document Type: Article

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