An analysis is presented for the response of a pitot tube placed in an unsteady flow and connected to a liquid manometer. The error in time mean total pressure recorded by the system is negligible unless its natural frequency is close to that of the flow oscillations or unless the density of the measuring fluid is close to that of the fluid whose total pressure is being measured.
The results of the analysis are broadly confirmed by experiment.
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