Simplified Presentation of Preston Tube Calibration
- 1 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Aeronautical Quarterly
- Vol. 22 (3) , 295-300
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001925900005837
Abstract
Summary: Two alternative presentations are given of Patel’s Preston tube calibration. In the first, Δp/τw is tabulated as a function of Δpd2/ρν2; in the second, cf is plotted as a function of Δp/½ρU2 and Ud/ν, so that values of cf, can be read off directly.Keywords
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