Experimental investigation of transient nonlinear phenomena in an annular thermoacoustic prime-mover: Observation of a double-threshold effect

Cryogenics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 527-532

  Penelet, G ^a   Gaviot, E ^a   Gusev, V ^a,b   Lotton, P ^a   Bruneau, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic streaming; Thermoacoustic instability; Thermoacoustic prime mover

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HARMONIC GENERATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS;

THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINES;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

EID: 0036747353     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(02)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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