• DocumentCode
    1958310
  • Title

    Study of the effect of beam spreading on systematic Doppler flow measurement errors

  • Author

    Mahadeva, D.V. ; Huang, S.M. ; Oddie, G. ; Baker, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    11-14 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    711
  • Lastpage
    714
  • Abstract
    Doppler ultrasonic flowmeters are based on a single ray approximation. We have studied the effect of beam spreading on the systematic Doppler flow measurement by developing a theoretical ray tracing model and validating the same with experiments. This paper will discuss experimental work and the use of ray tracing and finite element models to investigate this effect. This paper indicates some early trends which we have identified, but should be treated as "work in progress".
  • Keywords
    Doppler measurement; finite element analysis; flow measurement; flowmeters; ray tracing; ultrasonic measurement; Doppler ultrasonic flowmeters; beam spreading; finite element model; ray tracing model; single-ray approximation; systematic Doppler flow measurement error; Acoustics; Doppler effect; Fluid flow measurement; Fluids; Systematics; Transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Doppler; flowmeter; ray model; ultrasonic; ultrasonic flow measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1948-5719
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0382-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935748
  • Filename
    5935748