Measurement of grain bulk modulus using sound speed measurements through liquid/grain suspensions
Measurement of grain bulk modulus using sound speed measurements through liquid/grain suspensions
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DOI:
10.1121/1.423511
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发表时间:
1998-10
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
K. Briggs;M. Richardson;K. Williams;E. Thorsos
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作者:
K. Briggs;M. Richardson;K. Williams;E. Thorsos
Under certain conditions, Woods equation can be used to predict the speed of sound in liquid/solid grain suspensions when the bulk moduli and densities of the grains and the liquid are known. Alternatively, if the sound speed is measured through a suspension where the bulk modulus of the liquid and the densities of the fluid and grains are known, it is possible to estimate the grain bulk modulus. An experiment was carried out as an initial test of the resolution of measuring grain bulk modulus via this method. Bulk modulus measurements were made of polystyrene beads suspended in water, and of glass beads and sand grains suspended in a high‐density liquid. The polystyrene and glass beads had known bulk moduli (4.2e9 and 6.3e10 Nt/m2, respectively) and acted as controls. The polystyrene (glass) bead radii were such that the mean ka was 0.42 (0.25), where k is the acoustic wave number in the liquid and a is the bead radius. Corrections to Woods equation are considered as ka approaches 1. The sand grain modul...