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Document Outline

• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• 5. Instrumentation for Fluid/Particle Flow: Acoustics 
  • 5.1 Introduction 
  • 5.2 Principles of Acoustic Flow-Measurement Techniques 
    • 5.2.1 Signal-to-Noise Criteria 
    • 5.2.2 Transit-Time Technique
    • 5.2.3 Doppler Technique
    • 5.2.4 Cross-Correlation Technique 
  • 5.3 Measurement of Solid/Liquid Flow
    • 5.3.1 Volumetric Flow Rate 
      • 5.3.1.1 Doppler Flowmeter 
        • 5.3.1.1.1 High-Temperature Acoustic Doppler Flowmeter 
        • 5.3.1.1.2 Flow-Profile Effects 
        • 5.3.1.1.3 Experimental Results
      • 5.3.1.2 Cross-Correlation Flowmeter
        • 5.3.1.2.1 Basic Configuration
        • 5.3.1.2.2 Flow Measurements
    • 5.3.2 Mass Flow Rate 
      • 5.3.2.1 Measurement of Sound Attenuation
      • 5.3.2.2 Measurement of Sound Velocity
        • 5.3.2.2.1 Effective-Medium Approach 
        • 5.3.2.2.2 Coupled-Phase Model 
        • 5.3.2.2.3 Multiple-Scattering Treatment
        • 5.3.2.2.4 Experimental Results 
  • 5.4 Measurement of Solid/Gas Flow
    • 5.4.1 Flow Noise and Flow Rate 
    • 5.4.2 Cross-Correlation Method
  • 5.5 Measurement of Liquid Viscosity/Density 
    • 5.5.1 The ANL Ultrasonic Viscometer 
      • 5.5.1.1 Longitudinal Waves and Acoustic Impedance of Fluid
      • 5.5.1.2 Shear Waves and Shear Impedance of Fluid 
      • 5.5.1.3 Viscometer Design 
    • 5.5.2 Laboratory Tests and Results 
      • 5.5.2.1 Measurement of Density 
      • 5.5.2.2 Measurement of Viscosity 
  • 5.6 Summary and Future Development 
  • 5.7 Notation 
  • 5.8 References 
• Index