A viscometer includes a viscosity sensor with a liquid flow channel and at least two pressure sensors positioned along the liquid flow channel and configured to measure a pressure drop of a liquid flowing through the liquid flow channel, and a dispensing mechanism configured to cause dispensing of a liquid from the syringe to the viscosity sensor at a known flow rate. The dispensing mechanism and the viscosity sensor are configured to couple with a syringe configured to contain a liquid. The viscometer further includes an electronic controller configured to control operations of the dispensing mechanism and receive and process data from the viscosity sensor. The viscometer includes a sample loading interface, included in the syringe, through which the viscometer is configured to receive the liquid. The sample loading interface includes a selection valve coupled with, and located between, the viscosity sensor and the syringe.

The invention relates to a measuring device and a method for determining rheological properties of a viscous, polymeric mass, wherein the measuring device comprises a rheometer with a container containing the mass and a rotation element that is positionable inside the container, wherein the measuring device provides a relative between the rotation element and the container about an rotation axis that defines an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis and a radial direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, wherein the measuring device comprises one or more normal force sensors for detecting at least a component of the normal force that is exerted onto the container or the rotation element in the axial direction and a radial force sensor for detecting a radial force exerted onto the container in the radial direction.

Techniques for determining rheological properties of a fluid include actuating a resonator disposed in a volume that contains a fluid sample to operate the resonator in the fluid sample at a predetermined actuation scheme; measuring at least one characteristic of the resonator based on the operation of the resonator in the fluid sample; comparing the at least one measured characteristic to a rheological model that associates characteristics of the fluid sample to one or more rheological properties; and based on the comparison, determining one or more rheological properties of the fluid sample.

A viscometer includes a viscosity sensor with a liquid flow channel and at least two pressure sensors positioned along the liquid flow channel and configured to measure a pressure drop of a liquid flowing through the liquid flow channel, and a dispensing mechanism configured to cause dispensing of a liquid from the syringe to the viscosity sensor at a known flow rate. The dispensing mechanism and the viscosity sensor are configured to couple with a syringe configured to contain a liquid. The viscometer further includes an electronic controller configured to control operations of the dispensing mechanism and receive and process data from the viscosity sensor. The viscometer includes a sample loading interface, included in the syringe, through which the viscometer is configured to receive the liquid. The sample loading interface includes a selection valve coupled with, and located between, the viscosity sensor and the syringe.

The present application provides a resin composition which effectively inhibits a photobleaching phenomenon as well as realizes excellent external blocking properties and optical properties through the secondary structure transition concentration and relaxation time of the resin composition, a reliability evaluation method thereof, and a color conversion film comprising the same.

A method for evaluating the rheological properties of at least one gel, consisting in determining the extent of the plastic domain in stress ζ.sub.c−ζ.sub.p, and in strain γ.sub.c−γ.sub.p, the determination being carried out according to the steps: subjecting at least one sample of at least one gel to oscillating mechanical stresses at a fixed frequency, determining and plotting curves of the elastic modulus G′ and the viscous modulus G″ as a function of the strain and stress, determining ζ.sub.c and ζ.sub.p at the point of intersection X.sub.c of the curves of G′ and G″ under stress and strain, determining ζ.sub.p and γ.sub.p by fixing an arbitrary value of G′ (G′x) that is defined as the entry value into the plastic domain, and calculating ζ.sub.c−ζ.sub.p and γ.sub.c−γ.sub.p.

The invention discloses a device for viscosity or viscoelasticity measurement comprising: a horizontal rotatable cylinder-shaped section for receiving a liquid whose viscosity or viscoelasticity is to be measured, and a torque meter for measuring the torque from said liquid while in rotation. It also discloses a method of measuring viscosity or viscoelasticity of a liquid comprising the following steps: placing a liquid into a horizontal rotatable cylinder-shaped section, said liquid partially filling said structure; rotating said structure at a speed such that a quasi-cylindrical inner free surface of the liquid is obtained; determining the torque from said liquid when rotating said partially filled structure and calculating the viscosity or viscoelasticity of the liquid from the torque determined in the previous step.

A model of the viscoplastic boundary layer of a yield stress fluid is described and, based on which, there is provided a method comprises the steps of: vibrating a vibratory transducer at resonance at a first resonant mode in a yield stress fluid and making a first measurement of the resonant frequency; providing a vibration to liquefy at least a portion of the yield stress fluid around the one or more vibratory transducers; while said portion of the yield stress material is liquefied, vibrating a vibratory transducer at resonance at the first resonant mode in the yield stress fluid and making a second measurement of the resonant frequency; and estimating the yield stress of the yield stress fluid based on the first and second measurements. The vibration to liquefy yield stress fluid around the one or more transducers may be provided by the making of the second measurement at an increased amplitude of vibration relative to the first measurement.

A magnetic-inductive flow meter includes: a measuring tube for conducting a flowable medium, the measuring tube having a wall; at least three measuring electrodes arranged in the wall to form a galvanic contact with the flowing medium; a magnetic field-generating device for generating a magnetic field that passes through the medium; a measuring circuit designed to ascertain at least one first measurement variable, wherein measured values of the first measurement variable are ascertained at a first measuring electrode pair; and an analysis circuit designed to ascertain a Reynolds number and/or a kinematic viscosity value of the medium in the measuring tube using measured values for the first measurement variable and a second measurement variable, which differs from the first measurement variable, the measured values of the second measurement variable being ascertained at a second measuring electrode pair.

Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to optimizing a tripping velocity profile for pipes in a wellbore. A method for optimizing a tripping velocity profile for a pipe, comprising: determining a static gel strength of a fluid of a wellbore; determining an acceleration curve for the pipe in the wellbore based on wellbore pressure constraints, wherein the wellbore pressure constraints are based in part on the static gel strength of the fluid; determining a deceleration curve for the pipe; and combining the acceleration curve with the deceleration curve to provide the tripping velocity profile for the pipe.