Mechanical work

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Enumerated routes through this · 117 (showing 24)

• Thermocapillary micromotor3/3 est · demonstrated
• Shape-memory heat engine (mechanical)3/3 est · demonstrated
• Steam Rankine cycle (shaft work)3/3 est · demonstrated
• Windmill (mechanical)3/3 est · demonstrated
• Solutocapillary Marangoni rotor3/3 est · demonstrated
• Evaporation-driven engine2/3 est · demonstrated
• Waterwheel (mechanical)3/3 est · demonstrated
• Thermomagnetic fluid engine5/5 est · demonstrated
• Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work1/3 est · candidate
• Pressure gradient → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/3 est · same energy form
• Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/3 est · same energy form
• Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work2/3 est · candidate
• Incident radiation flux → Radiation pressure → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/3 est · candidate
• Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Fluid flow → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · unresolved handoff
• Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Fluid flow → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work4/5 est · candidate
• Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Pressure gradient → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work4/5 est · weakly supported
• Thermo-osmotic energy conversion (TOEC)5/5 est · candidate
• Salinity gradient → Pressure-retarded osmosis → Hydraulic pressure → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 est · candidate
• Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway

Cited sources · 1

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   A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)

   Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119245964 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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