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Article #40Re: the pitot tube
From: Raghuram G Murtugudde
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:19
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:19
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Most basic fluids books or experimental methods in fluids book must have a picture and the equations for the pitot tube. It is just a tube with pointed end with a miniscule hole in it and the side of the tube also has holes. The idea is that hole in the leading edge is a stagnation point when you place this instrument in a flow field and the side holes provide a way to subtract the static pressure thus giving the dynamic head. Batchelor, White, Holman and so on are some of the basic books in fluids. Ragu
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