Abstract
A piezoelectric tuning fork sensor is evaluated as a physical excitation and sensing device aiming at the detection of crystals and their nucleation behavior in joint fluids, as observed in gout. This device allows to study the crystallization tendency at varying temperatures or at increased uric acid concentrations as predominant in real human joints. In this work, a tuning fork resonator is characterized to enable spatially resolved viscosity and density measurements by calculating the mode shape of the vibration from resonance frequency measurements when immersed in test liquids.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Proceedings |
| Pages | 544 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
Fields of science
- 202019 High frequency engineering
- 202021 Industrial electronics
- 202036 Sensor systems
- 203017 Micromechanics
- 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
- 202027 Mechatronics
- 202028 Microelectronics
- 202037 Signal processing
JKU Focus areas
- Mechatronics and Information Processing