Liquid Ultrasonic Spectroscopy Analysis

@Ryan15222

Hi, My background includes pulse-echo and through-transmission configurations, broadband ultrasonic transducers, FFT-based phase analysis, and careful impedance and coupling considerations for liquid media. I am comfortable working either as a technical guide—helping you design and execute the experiment—or by performing the full post-processing and analysis if you prefer to acquire the raw data on your end. Proposed workflow: Assist with experimental setup design, including transducer frequency selection, path length optimization, coupling strategy, and temperature control. Define calibration routines (reference liquid, delay compensation, system response correction) to minimize uncertainty. Specify raw data acquisition requirements (sampling rate, excitation waveform, trigger method, reference channels). Perform signal conditioning and processing: TOF extraction, velocity calculation, attenuation estimation, phase angle via FFT/cross-spectrum methods, and density estimation where applicable. Quantify uncertainty and discuss measurement limitations. Deliverables will include: Clean waveform and processed data files (CSV or MAT) A concise methods summary covering equipment, settings, and calibration Computed values for velocity, density, attenuation, TOF, and phase angle with units A short uncertainty and limitations discussion Best regards,

@drtaimoor

Hi, I can help you design and execute a repeatable ultrasonic spectroscopy workflow (pulse-echo or through-transmission) to extract TOF, velocity, attenuation, phase angle, and (via mass/volume or vibro-tube input) density, with calibration and uncertainty budgeting. I’ll advise on transducer frequency/aperture, fixture/path length, coupling/impedance matching, pulser/receiver + gain/filtering, and temperature control, then provide a methods summary + clean CSV/MAT exports and computed results with units. If you’ll collect data, I’ll run the full post-processing. Raw requirements: (1) digitized transmit reference + received waveform(s) per sample (time vector + volts), (2) path length and geometry, (3) sampling rate/bit depth, (4) temperature (and stability), (5) calibration runs (e.g., distilled water at known temp, empty cell/baseline), and (6) density input (scale + volume or external densitometer readings). Processing includes gating, cross-correlation TOF, FFT phase extraction, attenuation vs frequency (spectral ratio), and uncertainty from repeatability, path length, temp, and timing jitter.