Long-term durability analysis of a 100,000+ hr stirling power convertor heater head

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 259-265

  Bartolotta, Paul A ^a   Bowman, Randy R ^a   Krause, David L ^a   Halford, Gary R ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; DURABILITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NASA; NUCLEAR BATTERIES; SPECIFIC HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; RADIOISOTOPES; SPACE RESEARCH; STIRLING CYCLE;

DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION; LIFE-PREDICTION METHODOLOGY; LONG TERM DURABILITY; MATERIALS DATABASE; MODEL VERIFICATION; POWER CONVERTORS; RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEM; STIRLING POWER CONVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

STIRLING POWER CONVERTOR HEATER HEAD; STIRLING RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84894375702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-2841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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