• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.1197-1205
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• 1988

An analytical method to predict qualitative performance characteristics of the Stirling Engines in the preliminary design stages is investigated. Both the expansion and the compression cylinder are treated as adiabatic and piston motions are approximated as saw-toothed waves. Basic equations which were originally proposed by Finkelstein consist of mass conservation and energy balances for each adiabatic cylinder. The approximation on piston motions and physical conditions make it possible to divide an engine cycle into four fundamental processes. In each process, first, pressure can be expressed as a function of the crank angle by solving a nonlinear first order ordinary differential equation and other thermodynamic variables are determined in turn. Application of the cyclic steady condition to the whole processes can complete a cycle. Also, further analysis results in analytic expressions for cyclic work and heat transfer in terms of the engine parameters and thermodynamic variables at boundary points. The results are expected useful as a quick reference for the engine performances. Finally, the present method can be applied to the other adiabatic analyses on the Stirling Engines with piece wise linear piston motions, if mass variations are predictable.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.45-55
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• 2002

중거리 유도무기 체계가 탄도탄과 같이 기동이 심한 표적과 교전할 때에는 지상 레이더는 표적 및 유도탄 위치정보를 보다 빈번하게 전송하여야 하지만, 자신의 임무를 수행해야 하므로 유도탄 및 교전 표적에 대한 정보를 필요이상으로 자주 전송할 수 없다. 이러한 상황에서 탐색기가 자체적으로 표적의 거리, 속도, 방향을 측정함으로서 지상레이더에 추가 부담을 지우지 않고 우수한 추적 정밀도로 교전성능을 향상할 시킬 수 있는 고반복 펄스열을 사용하는 PRF 변조방식을 제안한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.172-178
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• 1990

To predict the qualitative performance characteristics of Stirling Engines, an analytical approach to the Ideal Adiabatic Model set up by Urieli et al. has been treated. First, volume variations of both the expansion and the compression cylinders are approximated to piecewise linear function of the crank angle, which make it possible to specify the mass flow direction of each cylinder a priori to solve a set of basic equation. In consequences, an engine cycle can be considered as a combination of 4-type fundamental process. For each process, pressure is obtained as a solution of the algebraic equation. Application of the cyclic steady condition to the whole cycle completes the analysis. Further investigations result in analytical expressions for cyclic heat and work in terms of dependent variables determined from the pressure. The results are expected useful in establishing the preliminary design conditions of Stirling Engines.