Measured dependence of the attenuation of audio-frequency sound on concentration in flowing particulate suspensions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Moss, S H O ^a   Attenborough, K ^b   Woodhead, S R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Mass concentration; Metering; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PIPELINES;

AUDIO-FREQUENCY ATTENUATIONS; PARTICULATE SUSPENSIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACOUSTICS; CONCENTRATION; PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0032791453     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408991529988     Document Type: Article

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