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Impact pressure

In compressible fluid dynamics, impact pressure (dynamic pressure) is the difference between total pressure (also known as pitot pressure or stagnation pressure) and static pressure. In aerodynamics notation, this quantity is denoted as q or Q.

When input to an airspeed indicator, impact pressure is used to provide a calibrated airspeed reading. An air data computer with inputs of pitot and static pressures is able to provide a Mach number and, if static temperature is known, true airspeed.

Some authors in the field of compressible flows use the term dynamic pressure or compressible dynamic pressure instead of impact pressure.

Usage examples of "impact pressure".

When he told me to prepare for an impact pressure of ten tons a square foot I thought he was coming it a bit strong.

At forty-seven tons' impact pressure the egg cracked and broke into fragments.