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US 10,539,443 B2Granted
Elastic filament velocity sensor
AssigneeThe Trustees of Princeton University
InventorsMarcus Hultmark, Clay Byers, Matthew Fu, Yuyang Fan
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AssigneeThe Trustees of Princeton University
InventorsMarcus Hultmark, Clay Byers, Matthew Fu, Yuyang Fan
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Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring velocity of a fluid stream via deflection of a wire filament. Also disclosed is a process for measuring velocity of a fluid stream, requiring deflecting two or more wire filaments in a fluid stream, measuring two or more resistances, and equating the velocity of the fluid stream to the result of a function of the two or more resistances. In both the apparatus and method, one wire filament must have a length dimension longer than at least one of a dimension of the wire filament in the primary sensing or transverse direction, as well as a dimension of the wire filament in the primary sensing and/or transverse direction less than 50 μ U ρ throughout a predetermined operating range.
A velocity sensor configured to measure velocity of a fluid stream, the sensor comprising at least one electrically conductive wire filament, wherein the at least one wire filament is configured to have a length dimension longer than at least one of a width or thickness dimension, wherein the at least one wire filament is adapted to be deflected when exposed to the fluid stream,
A method for determining velocity of a fluid stream, comprising the steps of:
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