Ibrahim, Mounir B.,

Stirling convertor regenerators / Mounir B. Ibrahim, Roy C. Tew, Jr. - 1 online resource (xxi, 465 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-450) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Unsteady flow and heat transfer theory -- 3. Correlations for steady/unsteady fluid flow and heat transfer -- 4. Fundamentals of operation and types of stirling devices, with descriptions of some sample devices (including power and cooling levels) -- 5. Types of stirling engine regenerators -- 6. Random-fiber regenerators : actual scale -- 7. Random-fiber regenerator : large scale -- 8. Segmented-involute-foil regenerator : actual scale -- 9. Segmented-involute-foil regenerator : large-scale (experiments, analysis, and computational fluid dynamics) -- 10. Mesh sheets and other regenerator matrices -- 11. Applications other than stirling engines -- 12. Summary and conclusions -- 13. Future work.

9780429094262

10.1201/b11704 doi


Stirling engines--Research.
Space vehicles--Propulsion systems--Research.

TJ765 / .I27 2012

621.42 / I14