Design Environment for
Low-Amplitude ThermoAcoustic Engines
DELTAE
Version 1.1
Tutorial and User's Guide

by
Bill Ward and Greg Swift
Los Alamos National Laboratory

July, 1994

LA-CC-93-8

• Contents
• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • How It Works
  • How This Manual is Organized
• Basic Acoustics
  • Plane-Wave Resonator
  • Plotting
  • Further Simple Features
• Thermoacoustics
  • Principles of Computations
  • The 5-Inch Engine
  • Hofler's Thermoacoustic Refrigerator
  • Further Thermoacoustic Features
• Advanced Features
  • Free Targets
  • Active Branches
  • Variable Gas Mixtures
  • User-Defined Fluid/Solid
  • Parameter Linking (Special Modes)
  • Thermophysical Properties
  • Geometry
  • Tuning and Debugging
• Reference
  • General
  • Segments
  • Fluids
  • Solids
  • Menu Options
  • Troubleshooting, Common Problems, and Suggested Techniques
  • Error and Informational Messages
  • Known Bugs and Limitations
  • Registration
  • Obtaining DELTAE
  • Acknowledgments
  • About this document ...

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