Viscosity measurement by means of damped resonant vibration normal to an approximate rigid plate
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Dec 30, 2003
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Dec 18, 2003
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Jun 13, 2002
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Jun 13, 2002
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A brief but intense magnetic impulse generated by a coil 42 is used to excite resonant bending mode vibration in a magnetically permeable cantilevered beam 2 immersed in a fluid 22. A permanent magnet 36 and a magnetically permeable circuit 44, 38, 40, 56, 32, 6, and 2 enhance the magnetic coupling between the flexible beam 2 and the coil 42. A rigid post 6, positioned close to the beam and normal to the plane of oscillation is used to substantially increase the shearing induced in the fluid and thereby the rate of viscous attenuation of the vibrating beam. Oscillation of the vibrating beam 2 is detected by the same coil 42 that initiated the vibrations. The rate of decay of the vibrations is related to absolute viscosity.
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