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Influence of viscosity on the readings of very small flattened pitot tubes at low flow velocities

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Shidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 148–152, November–December, 1979.

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Hikhailova, N.P., Repik, E.U. Influence of viscosity on the readings of very small flattened pitot tubes at low flow velocities. Fluid Dyn 14, 938–942 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052004

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