Measurement of Ultrasonic Attenuation Coefficient of Mud

Abstract:

Ultrasonic attenuation coefficient of media phase is an important parameter in process tomography by amplitude method. At normal temperature (25°C), the experiment adopts continuous pulse string with the frequency of 0.5 MHz to measure ultrasonic attenuation coefficient of mud (average particle size about 300µm; water content 17%; mud-sand ratio 1:9). By the formula α= (1 / Z) 20lg (P0 / PZ), the attenuation coefficient of mud is calculated to be about 4.26×10-1dBcm – 1.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 383-390)
• Pages: 627-630
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.383-390.627
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Ming Zhou, Fu Qun Shao, Lin Zhang
• Keywords: Measurement, Mud, Transducer, Ultrasonic Attenuation Coefficient

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