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The static response of a bowed inclined hot wire

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The directional sensitivity of a bowed, inclined hot wire is investigated using a simple model for the convective heat transfer. The static response is analyzed for subsonic and supersonic flows. It is shown that the effects of both end conduction and wire bowing are greater in supersonic flow. Regardless of the Mach number, however, these two phenomena have distinctly different effects; end conduction appears to be responsible for reducing the nonlinearity of the response, whereas bowing increases the directional sensitivity. Comparison with the available data suggests that the analysis is useful for interpreting the experimental results.

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Smits, A.J. The static response of a bowed inclined hot wire. Experiments in Fluids 2, 183–187 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571862

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