Abstract
One of the very few disadvantages of the mass-transfer transducer when compared with the hot-film sensor, is a slightly diminished frequency-response due to the higher Prandtl number encountered. Mass or thermal balance and transfer equations were solved first by Fortuna and Hanratty (1971) for small fluctuations of the wall shear. The solutions allow to make accurate corrections on the frequency spectra and the power of the fluctuations, but in different time. In this paper, the author deduces the frequency response of split rectangular electrodes and shows how a combination of signals improves the response at higher frequencies and makes it comparable to the thermal transducer with the same size, in the same fluid. Two experimental devices are described and compared. With these devices, the measurement of the wall shear fluctuations is improved in real time. Accurate determinations of turbulent power fluctuations and probability density spectra are feasible and illustrate the subject.
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