A prototype of small-size and self-oscillate thermoacoustic system

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2069-2072

  Hotta, Kohei ^a   Sakamoto, Shin Ichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Daichi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Miniaturization; Selfoscillation; Thermoacoustic phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MINIATURIZATION; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SELF-OSCILLATIONS; THERMOACOUSTIC PHENOMENONS; THERMOACOUSTIC SYSTEMS;

THERMOACOUSTICS;

EID: 77952811149     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.5441536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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