Constant voltage anemometer practice in supersonic flows

AIAA journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 258-270

  Comte Bellot, Geneviève ^a   Sarma, Garimella R ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b Tao Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TURBULENCE;

CONSTANT VOLTAGE ANEMOMETERS (CVA);

SUPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 0034832331     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1321     Document Type: Article

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