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A fractional differential equation for a MEMS viscometer used in the oil industry. [In special issue: Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems]

A fractional differential equation for a MEMS viscometer used in the oil industry. [In special issue: Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems]
A fractional differential equation for a MEMS viscometer used in the oil industry. [In special issue: Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems]
A mathematical model is developed for a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) instrument that has been designed primarily to measure the viscosity of fluids that are encountered during oil well exploration. It is shown that, in one mode of operation, the displacement of the device satisfies a fractional differential equation (FDE). The theory of FDEs is used to solve the governing equation in closed form and numerical solutions are also determined using a simple but efficient central difference scheme. It is shown how knowledge of the exact and numerical solutions enables the design of the device to be optimised. It is also shown that the numerical scheme may be extended to encompass the case of a nonlinear spring, where the resulting FDE is nonlinear.
fractional differential equation, viscometer, densimeter, mems device
0377-0427
373-381
Fitt, A.D.
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Goodwin, A.R.H.
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Ronaldson, K.A.
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Wakeham, W.A.
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Fitt, A.D.
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Goodwin, A.R.H.
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Ronaldson, K.A.
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Wakeham, W.A.
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Fitt, A.D., Goodwin, A.R.H., Ronaldson, K.A. and Wakeham, W.A. (2009) A fractional differential equation for a MEMS viscometer used in the oil industry. [In special issue: Analysis and Numerical Approximation of Singular Problems]. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 229 (2), 373-381. (doi:10.1016/j.cam.2008.04.018).

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A mathematical model is developed for a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) instrument that has been designed primarily to measure the viscosity of fluids that are encountered during oil well exploration. It is shown that, in one mode of operation, the displacement of the device satisfies a fractional differential equation (FDE). The theory of FDEs is used to solve the governing equation in closed form and numerical solutions are also determined using a simple but efficient central difference scheme. It is shown how knowledge of the exact and numerical solutions enables the design of the device to be optimised. It is also shown that the numerical scheme may be extended to encompass the case of a nonlinear spring, where the resulting FDE is nonlinear.

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Submitted date: 19 May 2007
Published date: 15 July 2009
Keywords: fractional differential equation, viscometer, densimeter, mems device

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Local EPrints ID: 66696
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66696
ISSN: 0377-0427
PURE UUID: 56e8aa14-d1d0-4a41-9c03-a896d5db531b

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Date deposited: 10 Jul 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 18:30

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Author: A.D. Fitt
Author: A.R.H. Goodwin
Author: K.A. Ronaldson
Author: W.A. Wakeham

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