The VT1 Shape Memory Alloy Heat Engine Design

The invention of shape memory alloys spurred a period of intense interest in the area of heat engines in the late 70's and early 80's. It was believed that these engines could use heat from low temperature sources such as solar heated water, geothermal hot water and rejected heat from con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wakjira, Jillcha Fekadu
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31196
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02102001-172947/