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- Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Hello from France
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Re: Hello from France
Hello from Texas ThibautB, Mathematically there are numerous variations to consider when designing the platform. That is partly why good running Stirling's are so elusive. I would start with the Ideal Gas Law (Try here: http://www.calctool.org/CALC/chem/c_thermo/ideal_gas ). You will need to know wh...
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: My first post. Advice needed.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 40980
Re: My first post. Advice needed.
I am new to the forum and a little late to this thread by a few weeks but after reading through it I wanted to echo a couple of the other posts. Andy Ross's book "Making Stirling Engines" is available for free download (Link Below). It is an excellent read for the beginning Stirling enthus...
- Sat Jun 25, 2016 5:23 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: How do i make a linkage like this:
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6779
Re: How do i make a linkage like this:
It's an open form of a cross-head bearing using the chamber seal as the guide. Basically moving the wrist pin (gudgeon pin in UK) away from the piston to the bottom of the piston tail rod. This helps reduce side load on the piston as it travels back and forward. Common element on large marine diesel...