Re: the pitot tube

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From: Philip J. Peregino
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 17:53

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In article <1992Sep28.150828.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> bway@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
>Can anybody tell me what a "pitot tube" is? As well, where would be a 
>good place to find information (eg. a journal article) about it. 
>Thanx.  Brent

A pitot tube is a probe used to measure the stagnation pressure in a fluid
flow.  The probe is typically a hollow tube and commerical pitot tubes come
as small as 1.5mm in diameter and the tube faces directly upstream.  A
common application of this is on a power boat, a pitot tube is mounted on
the stern of the boat and it is connected to a speedometer.

More detailed information can be found in any fluids books.

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Subject: Re: the pitot tube
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