Numerical investigation on thermoacoustic onset

Thermoacoustic phenomena are almost nonlinear, which features self-excited onset. In this paper, a closed-open Rijke tube with the heat source placed at the middle of the tube is modeled. Based on parallel computation, onset of the Rijke tube is carried out numerically. Onset phenomena with various initial fields are observed. Oscillating frequency of the gas within limit cycle is obtained. The gas flow and heat transfer characteristics are studied. These numerical results agree well with those from previous numerical simulations. Such work is helpful for better understanding on the thermoacoustic phenomena, and offers a reference for the study of the thermoacoustic problems with mesoscopic methods such as the lattice Boltzmann method.