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Calibration unit for micro-anemometers at very low air velocities

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Commercially available anemometers generally are used at air velocities above the cm/s range. The present contribution deals with a micro-anemometer developed for measuring air velocities in the cm/s range. For the calibration at these low velocities a calibration unit has been built which creates air velocities in this range with an accuracy of the order of one percent.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    M. J. F. P. Pluijm, G. J. A. Sars & C. H. Massen

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Pluijm, M.J.F.P., Sars, G.J.A. & Massen, C.H. Calibration unit for micro-anemometers at very low air velocities. Applied Scientific Research 43, 227–234 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00418007

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