Hand-Held Anemometer
PPT Slide
Propeller Anemometers
Airmeters
Aerovane
Propeller blade tip moves about 4 times faster than a cup anemometer.
Bi-Vanes
Starting and Stopping Threshold
Pressure Type Anemometer
Leon Battista Alberti ~1450 constructed a swinging plate anemometer.
Leonardo DaVinci b. 1452
Robert Hooke - 1667
Normal-Plate Anemometer
Micro-machined Force-balance Anemometer
Pressure - Tube (Pitot Tube)
However, density is difficult to measure. If we use the General Gas Law equation and substitute for density, we get: where,
Possible Errors of Pitot Tube Anemometers
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