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Dampening in Pitot

Thread starter es335
Start date Sep 17, 2002

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Sep 17, 2002

es335

Mechanical

Hi.

When measuring rapid oscillating pressure, a pitot is a poor choice because of the dampening by the air in the tube and the fluid in the u-tube.

I would like to make an estimate of this dampening. How do I calculate the dampening?

Cheers Christian