The viscosity of most liquids changes under different conditions and designers often use complicated mathematical equations to determine what these changes might be. A paper describing the innovation is published today in the journal Measurement Science and Technology.ĭr Julia Rees from the University's Department of Applied Mathematics, who co-authored the study, says: "Companies that make liquid products need to know how the liquids will behave in different circumstances because these different behaviours can affect the texture, the taste or even the smell of a product." The research is a joint project between the University's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and the School of Mathematics and Statistics. The technology developed at the University of Sheffield enables engineers to monitor, in real time, how the viscous components (rheology) of liquids change during a production process, making it easier, quicker and cheaper to control the properties of the liquid.
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