An apparatus used in undergraduate instrumentation teaching is described. A small wind tunnel creates air speeds up to 12 m/s. A Pitot tube is used as a reference against which a hot wire anemometer is compared for linearity and transient response. The experiment serves to introduce non-ideal systems.
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‘Methods for the measurement of fluid flow in pipes’British Standard 1042: Part 2A (1973)
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DoebelinE. O., Measurement Systems Application and Design Ch. 7, McGraw-Hill (1975)
