

Author: Heckl Maria A.
Publisher: S. Hirzel Verlag
ISSN: 1610-1928
Source: Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Vol.72, Iss.1, 1990-09, pp. : 63-71
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Abstract
The non-linear effects leading to limit cycles in unstable oscillations have been studied experimentally and theoretically for the case of a Rijke tube (a straight open-ended tube with an acoustically compact heat source inside it). Flow reversal at the heat source and non-linear effects at the ends of the tube are important in limiting the amplitude. These two effects were examined experimentally. Empirical models for the non-linear behaviour of both the heat transfer and the reflection coefficients were developed from the experimental results. These models, together with the balance equation for the acoustic energy in the tube, were used to predict the limit cycle amplitudes. Two new experimental techniques were developed, (1) a compensation technique using an auxiliary thermo-acoustic heat source to control the amplitude and (2) a four-microphone technique to determine the strength of a compact source in a one-dimensional resonator.
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