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Influence of the temperature of a flow on the readings of a hot-wire anemometer

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The error due to the flow temperature and sensor wire temperature in measuring the mean velocity of a flow using a hot-wire anemometer is studied.

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  1. V. N. Levitskii
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  2. E. U. Repik
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  3. Yu. P. Sosedko
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 366–374, September, 1985.

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Levitskii, V.N., Repik, E.U. & Sosedko, Y.P. Influence of the temperature of a flow on the readings of a hot-wire anemometer. Journal of Engineering Physics 49, 1013–1018 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872741

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