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Simultaneous measurement of the stagnation temperature and specific mass flow rate in a hypersonic gas flow

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The procedure and results of simultaneous measurement of the stagnation temperature and specific mass flow of gas in a hypersonic flow by means of heated-chamber impact tubes is discussed. The construction of the tubes is described.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 759–766, November, 1982.

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Pervushin, G.E. Simultaneous measurement of the stagnation temperature and specific mass flow rate in a hypersonic gas flow. Journal of Engineering Physics 43, 1229–1234 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826543

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