pitot tube in English

noun
1
an open-ended right-angled tube pointing into the flow of a fluid and used to measure pressure.
noun
  • pitot
  • pitot head

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1. Averaging Pitot tube is a multiport self Averaging flow meter

2. During this period he improved the design of the Pitot tube, into essentially the form used today.

3. Bernoulli's equation is in the measurement of velocity with a Pitot-tube. The Pitot tube (named after the French scientist Pitot) is one of the simplest and most useful It simply consists of a tube bent at right angles (figure 17)

4. Thermal Anemometers have the advantage of being able to sense much lower air velocities than pitot tube sensors.

5. It was the birthplace of Henri Pitot (1695–1771), hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the Pitot tube.

6. Thermocoax offers in the Aeronautic & Defense markets heating systems for anti-icing (pitot tube, AoA, TAT, waste water drain mast) but also temperature sensors for gas engines, braking systems and bleed air leakage detection.

7. Introduction: The Airspeed Indicator (ASI) Pitot-static instrument used in an aircraft to display the craft's Airspeed, typically in knots; Airspeed indication is accomplished with the use of a thin, corrugated phosphor bronze diaphragm (aneroid) which measures Dynamic Pressure of the air between the Pitot tube (ram air) [Figure 1] and static port (static pressure) [Figure 2]