Theory and modeling of cylindrical thermo-acoustic transduction

Lihong Tong; C. W. Lim; Xiushao Zhao; Daxing Geng

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2016.05.002

Author(s)

Lihong Tong
C. W. Lim
Xiushao Zhao
Daxing Geng

Related Research Unit(s)

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2123-2128
Journal / Publication	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	380
Issue number	25-26
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2016

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Abstract

Models both for solid and thinfilm-solid cylindrical thermo-acoustic transductions are proposed and the corresponding acoustic pressure solutions are obtained. The acoustic pressure for an individual carbon nanotube (CNT) as a function of input power is investigated analytically and it is verified by comparing with the published experimental data. Further numerical analysis on the acoustic pressure response and characteristics for varying input frequency and distance are also examined both for solid and thinfilm-solid cylindrical thermo-acoustic transductions. Through detailed theoretical and numerical studies on the acoustic pressure solution for thinfilm-solid cylindrical transduction, it is concluded that a solid with smaller thermal conductivity favors to improve the acoustic performance. In general, the proposed models are applicable to a variety of cylindrical thermo-acoustic devices performing in different gaseous media.