Overview of NASA GRC Stirling technology development

1st International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference IECEC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Schreiber, Jeffrey G ^a   Thieme, Lanny G ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HEATING; MAGNETS; NASA; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; STIRLING CYCLE; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; TESTING;

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; DYNAMIC POWER SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CONTROLLER DESIGN; LOCKHEED MARTIN ASTRONAUTICS; SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS; STIRLING POWER CONVERSION; STIRLING RADIOISOTOPE GENERATOR; STIRLING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

SPACE POWER GENERATION;

EID: 85086612598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-6093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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