Design and experimental results of small-scale rotary engines

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 3439-3445

  Fu, Kelvin ^a   Knobloch, Aaron J ^a   Martinez, Fabian C ^a   Walther, David C ^a   Fernandez Pello, Carlos ^a   Pisano, Al P ^a   Liepmann, Dorian ^a   Miyaska, Kenji ^b   Maruta, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IGNITION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; IONS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; ROTARY ENGINES; ROTORS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

INTEGRATED CHIPS (IC); THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1542726042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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