title: Influence of resonance tube geometry shape on performance of thermoacoustic engine.
abstract: Based on the linear thermoacoustics, a symmetrical standing-wave thermoacoustic engine is simulated with a cylindrical tube and a tapered one as the resonance tube, respectively. The experiments with both cylindrical and tapered tubes are carried out. The suppression of nonlinear effects due to tapered tube as the resonance tube is discussed. Both simulation and experimental results show that the performance of the tapered tube is better than cylindrical one as the resonance tube.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Guobang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Zhengzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Weihua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao