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Viscous Effects on Flattened Pitot Tubes at Low Speeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

F. A. Macmillan*
Affiliation:
Engineering Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Extract

Measurements were made of the pressures in flattened, blunt-nosed pitot tubes, in an air stream at Reynolds numbers from 13-1,000 (based on the external height of the tube). Three tubes were used, having cross sections with ratios of width to height (W/H) of 3, 7 and 11.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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References

1. MacMillan, F. A. 1954. Viscous Effects on Pitot Tubes at Low Speeds. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol. 58, pp. 570572, 1954.CrossRefGoogle Scholar