Optimisation of Pulsed Ultrasonic Velocimetry system and transducer technology for industrial applications

Ultrasonics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-469

  Kotzé, Reinhardt ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^b   Haldenwang, Rainer ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic characterisation; Deconvolution; Ultrasonic transducer; Ultrasonic Velocity Profiling; Velocity profile estimation

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FINITE SAMPLES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS MONITORING; INNER DIAMETERS; MATERIAL BOUNDARIES; MEASUREMENT VOLUME; OPTIMISATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; STRAIGHT PIPE; TIME RESOLUTION; ULTRASONIC BEAMS; ULTRASONIC VELOCIMETRY; VELOCITY ESTIMATION; VELOCITY GRADIENTS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

DECONVOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS MONITORING; SAMPLING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84870247075     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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