Florida International University

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC

Shervin Tashakori

Dwayne McDaniel

Ibrahim N Tansel

Volkan Senyurek

Amin Baghalian

Ahmadreza Abbasi Baharanchi

Muhammed Unal

Michael Poirier

Systems and methods for determining the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid in real time are provided. A pressure loss and/or liquid rise technique, an ultrasonic technique, and/or a penetrometer technique can be used to determine the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid. The ultrasonic technique can include a longitudinal wave approach and/or a shear wave approach. The methods and systems are non-invasive and only require slight modifications to the piping containing the non-Newtonian fluid in order to measure the yield stress.

Real time monitoring of non-Newtonian fluids

Systems and methods for implementation of the heterodyne effect in structural health monitoring (SHM) systems are provided. A system or method can include propagating a first signal with a first frequency and a second signal with a second frequency through a subject structure, and analyzing the output response to determine if a third frequency has been created, according to the heterodyne effect.

Implementation of heterodyne effect in SHM and talking SHM systems

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