TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT - 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOT WIRE FOR 



USE IN WATER AND ITS APPLICATION 2 



RECENT EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS TO IMPROVE WIRE STABILITY 5 



DYNAMIC CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES 6 



INSTRUMENTATION 7 



SENSITIVITY AND FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A COATED HOT-WIRE 



ELEMENT IN WATER 8 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 14 



REFERENCES 14 



