Engineering Transactions, 62, 1, pp. 5-15, 2014
10.24423/engtrans.38.2014

Thermodynamic Method for Measuring the B/A Nonlinear Parameter Under High Pressure

Piotr KIEŁCZYŃSKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland
Poland

Marek SZALEWSKI
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland

Andrzej BALCERZAK
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland
Poland

Krzysztof WIEJA
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences Pawińskiego 5B, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland
Poland

Aleksander J. ROSTOCKI
Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Physics Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland
Poland

Ryszard M. SIEGOCZYŃSKI
Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Physics Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland

The nonlinearity parameter B/A is a measure of the nonlinearity of the equation of state for a fluid. The nonlinearity parameter B/A is a physical parameter often used in acoustics, from underwater acoustics to biology and medicine. It can provide information about structural properties of the medium, internal pressure and inter-molecular spacing. The thermodynamic method has been applied for determination of B/A parameter in diacylglycerol (DAG) oil as a function of pressure at various temperatures. Isotherms of the density and phase velocity of longitudinal ultrasonic wave as a function of pressure have been measured. Using the thermodynamic method along with measured isotherms of sound speed and density, the nonlinearity parameter B/A (for DAG oil) was evaluated as a function of pressure (up to 220 MPa) at various temperatures ranging from 20 to 50◦C.
Keywords: nonlinearity parameter B/A, thermodynamic method, high pressure, longitudinal ultrasonic wave velocity.
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DOI: 10.24423/engtrans.38.2014