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pitot tube


typs of pitot tube
Types of pitot tube. Credit: NASA
A device invented by Henri Pitot (1695–1771) in 1732 and widely used in fluid dynamics for measuring fluid velocities. One open end of a cylindrical tube points directly into the flowing stream, and the other end is connected to a pressure-measuring device. This compares the pitot-tube pressure with the static stream pressure, the difference being a measure of the fluid velocity.


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