Multi-dimensional flow effects in pulse tube refrigerators

Cryogenics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 658-665

  Cha, J S ^a   Ghiaasiaan, S M ^a   Desai, P V ^a   Harvey, J P ^b   Kirkconnell, C S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow visualization (D); Pulse tube (E); Regenerators (E); Space cryogenics (F)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGENERATORS;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; INERTANCE TUBE PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR (ITPTR); PULSE TUBES; SPACE CRYOGENICS;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 33745913645     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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