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MANOMETRE BOURDON [1 record]

Record 1 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Closed, curved, flexible tube of elliptic cross section which is deformed, according to type, by variations of atmospheric pressure or temperature and so provides a measurement of the particular parameter.

DEF

A flattened-metal tube bent in a curve, which tends to straighten under pressure, that indicates by the movements of an indicator over a circular scale the fluid pressure applied to it.

Key term(s)
  • Bourdon tube gage
  • Bourdon-tube pressure gage
  • Bourdon pressure gauge
  • Bourdon gage tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Tube fermé, recourbé et flexible, de section elliptique, se déformant sous l'action des variations soit de la pression atmosphérique, soit de la température selon le type, et permettant ainsi la mesure de l'élément considéré.

CONT

Mesure de la pression permanente ou quasi permanente d'un fluide ou d'un matériau solide fluent par des éléments mécaniques ou hydrauliques sensibles à la pression [...] tubes élastiques, déformables, p. ex. manomètres de Bourdon.

Key term(s)
  • indicateur Bourdon

Spanish

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