Mechanical behaviour of a fuel cell stack under vibrating conditions linked to aircraft applications part I: Experimental

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6755-6765

  Rouss, Vicky ^a   Lesage, Philippe ^a   Bégot, Sylvie ^b   Candusso, Denis ^c   Charon, Willy ^a   Harel, Fabien ^c   François, Xavier ^b   Selinger, Viktor ^d   Schilo, Christine ^d   Yde Andersen, Steen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c FCLAB   (France)

^d AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^e IRD Fuel Cells A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complex mechanical system; Leak tests; PEM fuel cell; Reliability; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; FUEL CELLS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHATRONICS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TEST FACILITIES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS; COMPLEX MECHANICAL SYSTEM; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; FUEL CELL STACKS; LEAK TESTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; PEM FUEL CELL; STACK ASSEMBLIES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; VIBRATING ENVIRONMENTS; VIBRATION;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 55349132684     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.08.032     Document Type: Article

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