Hot-Wire Anemometer Gyro Pickoff

Abstract

An arrangement of hot-wire anemometers is set partially into the rotor boundary layer so that they form two resistors of a wheatstone bridge circuit for each axis. The hot wire resistors change in resistance according to the angular offset from null of the gyro rotor. The combination of resistance changes in then used in the bridge circuit to provide an electrical signal which is directly proportional to gyro rotor angular offset. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1980
Accession Number
ADD008251

Entities

People

  • Escar L. Bailey

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anemometers
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Hot Wire
  • Hot Wire Anemometers
  • Layers
  • Resistance
  • Resistors
  • Wire

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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