IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0486554
(2000-07-20)
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우선권정보 |
GB-19970018519 (1997-09-01) |
국제출원번호 |
PCT/GB98/02614
(1998-09-01)
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국제공개번호 |
WO99/12006
(1999-03-11)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- ABB Instrumentation Limited, LTD
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
2 |
초록
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A method and apparatus are provided for determining an estimate of flow stability, in addition to providing a measurement of flow velocity distribution. To this end, monitoring is provided of the changes over time of flow measurements from a plurality of spaced apart measuring points. An indication
A method and apparatus are provided for determining an estimate of flow stability, in addition to providing a measurement of flow velocity distribution. To this end, monitoring is provided of the changes over time of flow measurements from a plurality of spaced apart measuring points. An indication of the reliability of the flow velocity distribution measurement is produced based on the estimate of stability.
대표청구항
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A method and apparatus are provided for determining an estimate of flow stability, in addition to providing a measurement of flow velocity distribution. To this end, monitoring is provided of the changes over time of flow measurements from a plurality of spaced apart measuring points. An indication
A method and apparatus are provided for determining an estimate of flow stability, in addition to providing a measurement of flow velocity distribution. To this end, monitoring is provided of the changes over time of flow measurements from a plurality of spaced apart measuring points. An indication of the reliability of the flow velocity distribution measurement is produced based on the estimate of stability. 1. A method of evaluating the physical properties of a sample, comprising: generating an ultrasound field in a local region of the sample with non-contact source such that the generated ultrasound diffuses away from said local region; waiting until the generated ultrasound field has reached a diffusion regime wherein the ultrasound field has locally populated all ultrasonic modes with substantially equal probability; monitoring the evolution of the resulting ultrasound field with a non-contact detector while said ultrasound field is in the diffusion regime; and adjusting parameters in a mathematical model describing the predicted behavior of the ultrasound field in the diffusion regime to fit the detected behavior of the ultrasound field to the mathematical model and thereby derive at least one parameter dependent on the physical properties of the sample. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one parameter is an absorption coefficient for the sample. 3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one parameter is a diffusion coefficient for the sample. 4. A method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising the step of estimating the grain size of materials from said diffusion coefficient. 5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said grain size is obtained from said diffusion coefficient by building a calibration of kd vs Dk/c based on the measurement of D at one or several values of k on several samples which are similar to the sample to be measured, but which differ with respect to their grain size, where D is the diffusion coefficient, k is the wavenumber of the ultrasound, d is the grain size, and c is the velocity of sound. 6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said diffuse ultrasound field is generated with a time-varying source of radiation. 7. A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said non-contact source is a laser. 8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said laser is a pulsed laser. 9. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-contact detector is a laser interferometer. 10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mathematical model is a diffusion equation for the ultrasound field. 11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the diffusion equation is: wherein U(r,t0,ω) represents the spectral energy density in the sample at time t and D(ω) and α(ω) are respectively the diffusion coefficient and the absorption coefficient for the spectral component of frequency ω. 12. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein a time-frequency analysis is performed on the detected ultrasound field to fit it to the mathematical model. 13. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasound field contains a range of frequencies in which there is sufficient scattering to permit a local equipartition of energy before the ultrasound energy is completely carried away or completely absorbed. 14. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasound detector is wideband. 15. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ultrasound detector senses a point-like location on the sample. 16. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sample contains a polycrystalline aggregate and the grain size of said aggregate is determined from said derived at least one parameter. 17. A method of determining grain size in a target sample of material, comprising the steps of: building a calibration of kd vs Dk/c, based on the measurement of D at one or several values of k on several calibration samples which are similar to the target sample but which differ with respect to their grain size, where D is the diffusion coefficient, k is the wavenumber of the ultrasound, d is the grain size and c is the velocity of sound; measuring the diffusion coefficient D at one or more values of k in the target sample; and determining the grain size in the target sample from the measured diffusion coefficient using said calibration. 18. A method of evaluating the physical properties of a samp le, comprising: generating an ultrasound field in a local region of the sample with a pulsed laser such that the generated ultrasound diffuses away from said local region; waiting until the generated ultrasound field has reached a diffusion regime wherein the ultrasound has locally populated all ultrasonic modes with substantially equal probability; monitoring the evolution of the resulting ultrasound field with a non-contact, point-like detector; and adjusting parameters in a diffusion equation describing the predicted behavior of the ultrasound field in the diffusion regime to fit the detected behavior of the ultrasound field to the diffusion equation and thereby derive at least one sample parameter selected from the group consisting of the absorption coefficient and the diffusion coefficient. 19. A method as claimed in claim 18, wherein said ultrasound field is monitored with a laser interferometer. 20. An apparatus for evaluating the physical properties of a sample, comprising: a time-varying source of radiation for generating an ultrasound field in a local region of the sample such that the generated ultrasound diffuses away from said local region; a non-contact detector for monitoring the evolution of the resulting ultrasound field while in a diffusion regime wherein the ultrasound has locally populated all ultrasonic modes with substantially equal probability; and an analyzer for analyzing the portion of said resulting ultrasound field that is in a diffusion regime and adjusting parameters in a mathematical model describing the predicted behavior of the ultrasound field in said diffusion regime to fit the detected behavior of the ultrasound field and thereby derive at least one parameter dependent on the physical properties of the sample. 21. An apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said non-contact detector is a point-like detector. 22. An apparatus as claimed in claim 21, wherein said non-contact detector is a laser interferometer. 23. An apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said time-varying source of radiation is a pulsed laser. 24. An apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein said analyzer is programmed to perform a time-frequency analysis on the detected ultrasound field to fit it to the mathematical model. 25. An apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein said analyzer comprises a computer and a digitizer. 26. An apparatus as claimed in 25, wherein said mathematical model describing the predicted behavior of the ultrasound field in the diffusion regime is stored in said computer. 27. An apparatus as claimed in claim 26, wherein said mathematical model is a solution to the diffusion equation for the ultrasound field. 28. An apparatus as claimed in claim 27, wherein the diffusion equation whose said solution is stored in said computer is: wherein U(r,t0,ω) represents the spectral energy density in the sample at time t and D(ω) and α(ω) are respectively the diffusion coefficient and the absorption coefficient for the spectral component of frequency ω. 29. An apparatus claimed in claim 25, wherein said computer is programmed to estimate the grain size of materials from said diffusion coefficient. 30. An apparatus as claimed in claim 29, wherein said computer is programmed to obtain said grain size from said diffusion coefficient by building a calibration of kd vs Dk/c based on the measurement of D at one or several values of k on several samples which are similar to the sample to be measured, but which differ with respect to their grain size, where D is the diffusion coefficient, k is the wavenumber of the ultrasound, d is the grain size, and c is the velocity of sound. 31. An apparatus for determining grain size in a target sample of material, comprising: a computer programmed to store a calibration of kd vs Dk/c, based on the measurement of D at one or several values of k on several calibration samples which are similar to the target sample but which differ with respect t
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