Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of the Stirling Cycle Machine

Abstract

Foreword by Theodore Finkelstein Preface Notation 1. The Stirling cycle machine 2. Review of available theoretical treatments 3. An ideal thermodynamic reference cycle 4. Dynamic similarity 5. Flow within the regenerator 6. The equivalent Stirling cycle machine 7. A three-conservation law cycle model 8. Extension to four conservation laws 9. Full dynamic similarity 10. Lumped-parameter analysis 11. Implementation of the method of characteristics 12. The Stirling cycle as a linear wave phenomenon 13. Finite-cell solution schemes 14. Optimisation 15. The hot-air engine 16. The way forward Appendices.

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