The Design of Shielded Pitot Tubes with Small Sensitivity to Incidence.

Abstract

The range of incidence over which a pitot-tube accurately indicates stagnation pressure in subsonic flow can be substantially increased by surrounding the pitot with a carefully designed shield. In this Memorandum the effect of some of the design variables of this shield are investigated experimentally, and a miniature probe design is described which enables an accurate indication of stagnation pressure to be obtained over an incidence range of + or - 57 degree.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 1982
Accession Number
ADA125359

Entities

People

  • A. R. G. Mundell

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Stream
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Pitot Tubes
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Static Pressure
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Tubes
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.