Piezometer Tube

Figure 2.10 : Piezometer

 

Piezometer tube (Fig. 2.10) is perhaps the simplest of the pressure measuring devices and consists of a vertical tube. In its application one end is connected to the pressure to be measured while the other end is open to the atmosphere as shown. Application of Eq.2.18 gives

 2.28  

or simply for the gauge pressure at A,

 2.29  



(c) Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engg. 2005
University of Sydney