Fluidic variable inertia flywheel

7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van De Ven, James D ^a,b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 77956799044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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