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Measurement of moist air velocity by means of hot-wire anemometers

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The effect of air humidity on the accuracy of measurements by means of constant-temperature hot-wire anemometers is investigated, and a method for reducing the resulting error is described.

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  1. I. L. Povkh
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  2. P. I. Savostenko
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  3. Yu. D. Ukrainskii
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 392–396, March, 1985.

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Povkh, I.L., Savostenko, P.I. & Ukrainskii, Y.D. Measurement of moist air velocity by means of hot-wire anemometers. Journal of Engineering Physics 48, 280–284 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00878191

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