%0 Journal Article %A Myunggon Yoon and Jung-Ho Moon %D 2016 %J International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 120, 2016 %T A Transfer Function Representation of Thermo-Acoustic Dynamics for Combustors %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10006046 %V 120 %X In this paper, we present a transfer function representation of a general one-dimensional combustor. The input of the transfer function is a heat rate perturbation of a burner and the output is a flow velocity perturbation at the burner. This paper considers a general combustor model composed of multiple cans with different cross sectional areas, along with a non-zero flow rate. %P 1907 - 1910