National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Amanda B Dodd

Carlton F Brooks

Martin Nemer

Yi Chen Mazumdar

Bart G Van Bloemen Waanders

Christine Cardinal Roberts

A method and apparatus for determining a property of a fluid in a vessel. The method uses magnetic tracer particles and an externally applied magnetic field which orients the particles. When the fluid moves, it changes the orientation of the tracer particles, thus changing the magnetic fields. These changes are detected by external magnetic field sensors. By using mathematical models, the property of the fluid in the vessel is determined from the detected magnetic field. In this manner, fluid vorticity, velocity, strain and stress may be estimated.

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Amanda B Dodd