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A perturbation solution for long wavelength thermoacoustic propagation in dispersions

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posted on 2012-12-07, 13:41 authored by O.G. Harlen, M.J. Holmes, Valerie PinfieldValerie Pinfield, Malcolm Povey, B.D. Sleeman
In thermoacoustic scattering the scattered field consists of a propagating acoustic wave together with a non-propagational “thermal” wave of much shorter wavelength. Although the scattered field may be obtained from a Rayleigh expansion, in cases where the particle radius is small compared with the acoustic wave length, these solutions are ill-conditioned. For this reason asymptotic or perturbation solutions are sought. In many situations the radius of the scatter is comparable to the length of the thermal wave. By exploiting the non-propagational character of the thermal field we obtain an asymptotic solution for long acoustic waves that is valid over a wide range of thermal wavelengths, on both sides of the thermal resonance condition. We show that this solution gives excellent agreement with both the full solution of the coupled Helmholtz equations and experimental measurements. This treatment provides a bridge between perturbation theory approximations in the long wavelength limit and high frequency solutions to the thermal field employing the geometric theory of diffraction.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

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  • Chemical Engineering

Citation

HARLEN, O.G. ... et al., 2010. A perturbation solution for long wavelength thermoacoustic propagation in dispersions. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 234 (6), pp. 1996 - 2002.

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© Elsevier B.V.

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2010

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This article was published in the Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics [© Elsevier B.V.] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2009.08.101

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0377-0427

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  • en

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