Temperatures near the interface between an ideal heat exchanger and a thermal buffer tube or pulse tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 868-878

  Matveev, Konstantin I ^a   Swift, Gregory W ^a   Backhaus, Scott ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface; Joining conditions; Pulse tube; Thermal buffer tube; Thermoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRIGERATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

INTERFACE; JOINING CONDITIONS; PULSE TUBE; THERMAL BUFFER TUBE; THERMOACOUSTICS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRIGERATORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 33144481990     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.09.029     Document Type: Article

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