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SESUSA members (that's you) are invited to visit our YahooGroup homepage, and click on the Database link or go directly here: ...
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Feb 2, 2006
12:39 am
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My reading of Organ's book is that the "natural coordinate" grid it sets up is a combination of euler and langrangian coordinates, and this property makes it...
the_maniacal_engineer
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Feb 3, 2006
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Hi Marco, In your optimization work have you looked at using response surface methodology based on non-dimensionalized existing engines to find a starting...
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Feb 3, 2006
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Chris, I know I am over my head but would you help me understand what you just said ? Tom ... From: the_maniacal_engineer To: sesusa@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 3, 2006
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Saitama University No offence to Rick, I am just a stickler for spelling on Japanese stuff (double major in Japanese) Please excuse the padantry. Hirata has...
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Feb 3, 2006
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Sure, Sorry if I am being a little obscure. most optimization is based on higher dimensional gradient following. Each design variable represents one dimension,...
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Feb 3, 2006
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I know that I am posting a flurry of stuff, after like a week or so of nothing. My house burned two weeks ago (19 Jan, 9:30 PM) and we lost the roof, but no...
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Feb 3, 2006
6:30 pm
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Chris, I believe I am on the edge of understanding this concept. Take the variables of the virtual Stirling equation as derived by AJO and the 'dimensions'...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 3, 2006
6:37 pm
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Kio skette kudasai, mo dame desu Ne! or bummer dude ! ... From: the_maniacal_engineer To: sesusa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:29 PM ...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 3, 2006
6:42 pm
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Hello, I will be interested to know where I can buy the koichi Hirata book. Regards Daniel ... From: "the_maniacal_engineer" <chris.stratford@...> To:...
daniel lyonnet
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Feb 3, 2006
7:28 pm
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I got it from the Asahi bookstore hee in San Diego. It was about 60.00US$. It is in Japanese, and i was able to save my copy since it was in a plastic bag and...
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Feb 3, 2006
7:56 pm
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lets say that instead of many variable we have only two, and from those two we calculate a merit function, which we want to minimize. if the two design...
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Feb 3, 2006
8:18 pm
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... Earth to Tom: that's insult to injury & NOT funny. I should know, I live in the SoCal 'town' where most of this surfer talk originates long before...
pacificstirling
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Feb 4, 2006
9:49 am
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hi list, does anyone has an idea how can i estimate the heat amount getting into the cylinder. im using a gas burner on a quartz(type of glass) cylinder. ...
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Feb 4, 2006
10:07 am
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gomen nasaiyo ... From: pacificstirling To: sesusa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 3:49 AM Subject: [sesusa] Re: FYI ... Earth to Tom: that's...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 4, 2006
2:18 pm
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Yoav, Quartz is relatively pure Silica (SiO2). I believe it's not called "glass" until other materials are added to lower the melting point. I recommend...
mphillipps2
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Feb 4, 2006
8:48 pm
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I have no data about existing engines, I was never able to find detailed data; I have tried something though about optimization coupled with "adimensionalized"...
Marco e Fabio Cavazzuti
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Feb 4, 2006
10:16 pm
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Hi Tom, yes Chris is right, adimensional approach allows you to deal with a lower number of variables usually accepting some simplifications; this is of great ...
Marco e Fabio Cavazzuti
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Feb 4, 2006
10:58 pm
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Yoav, Are you using quartz cylinders? I have been experimenting with borosylicate glass (pyrex) for my cylinders as I am trying to keep the heat from...
James E. Andreasen
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Feb 5, 2006
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ii yo. Shimpai shinaide kudasai Don't worry about it. I didn't take it as an insult, since the japanese that was with it was very clear in its good intent....
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Feb 6, 2006
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I think that Organs book has the non-dimensionalized values for several commercial engines, as well as a couple of the ones that he made. In his...
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Feb 6, 2006
4:01 am
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MP's comments brought up the thought that simplifying beyond the realities of heat transfer may be relatively useless in predicting performance, even when...
Larry Dobson
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Feb 6, 2006
5:18 am
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hi james, im using the auartz cylinder just for the displacer housing. the displacer will hopefully "float" inside the cylinder so roundness is not a big issue...
beeryy2006
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Feb 6, 2006
3:56 pm
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hi james, im using the auartz cylinder just for the displacer housing. the displacer will hopefully "float" inside the cylinder so roundness is not a big issue...
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Feb 6, 2006
3:57 pm
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Maybe from what I see I'm in over my head, y'all seem to be WAY beyond hobby. Anyway. I'm in Mississippi, just purchased my first engine from a very nice...
Byron Morgan
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Feb 7, 2006
2:38 am
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Greetings group, I have a copy of Hargreaves book "The Philips Stirling Engine" in pdf format which I am able to share for the purpose of "Scholarship and ...
kazaly2000
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Feb 8, 2006
6:47 am
6793
hi list how can i estimate the rpm im my engine. i got a burner on the hot side and fins in the cold one my engine is (going to be) beta with rhombic drive....
beeryy2006
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Feb 8, 2006
5:38 pm
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Beeryy, To determine this, download a copy of the GCS and plug in the values for everything except RPM and it will estimate RPM. Tom ... From: beeryy2006 To:...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 8, 2006
7:28 pm
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Tom, GCS? I know of the Gas Constant Calculator, but that would be GCC? Is there another analysis app that I have missed? James ... From: Tom Gentry To:...
James E. Andreasen
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Feb 8, 2006
8:00 pm
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James, I cannot fathom how you missed knowing about the GCS spread sheet. The GCS also known as the Gas Circuit Calculator (Scaling) is in the files section...
Tom Gentry
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Feb 9, 2006
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