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However, in cryogenic storage tanks, the steep temperature gradient along the pipeline (arising from sections inside and outside the tank) may induce instability in stored gases such as helium or hydrogen, leading to large-amplitude, self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations, known as Taconis oscillations. Taconis oscillations not only cause structural damage to pipelines, jeopardizing the safety of the cryogenic storage system, but also produce significant heat leakage and boil-off losses of cryogens. This study employs computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate Taconis oscillations within a U-shaped cryogenic helium pipeline. The flow dynamics and acoustic field characteristics of the cryogenic helium pipeline are first analyzed. Fast Fourier transform and wavelet transform are employed to characterize the Taconis oscillations. A subsequent parametric study investigates the influence of the location and magnitude of temperature gradients on the dynamic behavior of Taconis oscillations. Simulation results reveal that the onset temperature gradient is at a minimum when the temperature gradient is applied at one-quarter of the cryogenic pipeline. To prevent the occurrence of Taconis oscillations, the transition between the warm and cold sections should be away from one-quarter of the cryogenic helium pipe. Moreover, increasing the temperature gradient leads to the emergence of multiple oscillation modes and an upward shift in their natural frequencies. 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