Module 2: Review of Probes and Transducers
  lecture 8: Hot-wire anemometry
 

 

Two-wire Measurement

Two wires are needed for two and three wires for measuring three components of velocity respectively. Here we discuss a two-wire probe, also called a crossed wire or an X-probe (Figure 2.12).

Figure 2.12: Schematic Drawing of a X-wire Probe.