CFD Modeling of Free-Piston Stirling Engines

Mounir B. IbrahimCleveland State University, Cleveland, OhioRoy C. Tew, Jr.Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OhioZhiguo ZhangCleveland State University, Cleveland, OhioDavid GedeonGedeon Associates, Athens, OhioTerrence W. SimonUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MinnesotaPrepared for the36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conferencecosponsored by the ASME, IEEE, AIChE, ANS, SAE, and AIAASavannah, Georgia, July 29-August 2, 2001National Aeronautics andSpace AdministrationGlenn Research Center

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