Contents

• 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
    • Ducts, cones
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
      • Computation algorithm:
    • Lumped elements: compliance, endcap, impedance
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
      • Computation algorithms:
    • Transducers, branches
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
      • Computation algorithms:
    • Heat exchangers
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
      • Computation algorithms:
    • Stacks
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
      • Computation algorithm:
    • Begin, ends
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
    • Free targets
      • Sample input-file segments:
    • Use:
    • Computation algorithms:
    • Tees and unions
      • Sample input-file segments:
      • Use:
    • Computation algorithm:
    • Thermophysical properties dump
      • Sample input-file segment:
      • Use:
  • Fluids
    • helium
    • #.###hear (helium-argon mixtures)
    • #.###hexe (helium-xenon mixtures)
    • neon
    • air
    • nitrogen
    • hydrogen
    • deuterium
    • co2 (carbon dioxide)
    • sodium
    • nak-78
    • External-provided by user's file.
  • Solids
    • ideal
    • copper
    • nickel
    • stainless (stainless steel)
    • molybdenum
    • tungsten
    • kapton
    • mylar
    • External-provided by user's file.
  • Menu Options
  • Troubleshooting, Common Problems, and Suggested Techniques
  • Error and Informational Messages
    • Convergence errors
    • Input
    • Model editing
    • Consistency checks
  • Known Bugs and Limitations
  • Registration
  • Obtaining DELTAE
  • Acknowledgments
• References
• About this document ...