Noninvasive measurement of viscosity from damping of capillary waves

ISA Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-8

  Behroozi, F ^a   Lambert, B ^a,b   Buhrow, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pemstar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary waves; Fluid viscosity; Laser interferometry; Noninvasive measurement; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; DAMPING; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE WAVES;

LASER INTERFEROMETRY;

VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0037268250     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(07)60108-6     Document Type: Article

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