• DocumentCode
    1568430
  • Title

    Fiberoptic bend loss viscometer

  • Author

    Chang, Cheng-Ling ; Perez, Alex ; Wang, Wei-Chih

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    111
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a fluid viscosity measurement using a compact fiber optic bend loss sensor. The concept of measuring viscosity is based on observing the damping characteristic of the vibration of a fiber probe.
  • Keywords
    damping; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre losses; viscometers; compact fiber optic bend loss sensor; damping characteristic; fiber probe; fiberoptic bend loss viscometer; fluid viscosity measurement; Damping; Loss measurement; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Probes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Vibration measurement; Viscosity; Viscometer; bend loss sensor; fiber optical sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688513
  • Filename
    4688513