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A study of the constant-temperature hot-wire anemometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

A. E. Perry  and
G. L. Morrison
A. E. Perry
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Melbourne, Australia
G. L. Morrison
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract

The conventional ‘bridge-feedback amplifier’ constant-temperature hot-wire anemometer is analysed to determine its static and dynamic response. The effects of moderate feedback amplifier gain, bridge imbalance, stray bridge reactance, amplifier offset voltage, lack of common mode rejection, amplifier frequency response and departure from constant transconducture are included. The root loci of the system are mapped out and the consequences of the analysis are discussed from the viewpoint of both the operator and the designer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , 14 June 1971 , pp. 577 - 599
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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