This work presents a cell to measure the dynamic viscosity of liquids using a wave mode conversion from longitudinal to shear waves and vice-versa. The method is based on the measurement of the complex reflection coefficient of shear waves at a solid-liquid interface. The reflected waves at the solid-liquid interface are measured in the longitudinal mode by a large aperture PVDF membrane to avoid errors due to the acoustic diffraction. A viscosity measurement strategy was developed based on the relative multiple reflection method that guarantees the measurement of the propagation velocity for the solid. Measurements of the viscosity of automotive oils (SAE90 and SAE140) and a kind of corn glucose were made in the range of 1 to 5MHz. The experimental results show the dependency of the dynamic viscosity with the frequency of the shear wave.
Ultrasound; viscosity; wave mode conversion
