An experiment and a simulation have been created to determine if a Thermal Transient Anemometer (TTA) has the capability to measure a nonuniform fluid flow and to output an appropriate average uniform flow. A frame was created with 23 cells that holds a tungsten sensing wire that was heated with an electrical current and cooled with a passing flow. The TTA was then simulated, using an energy balance equation as a basis, to test with more nonuniform flows. The source of axial heat transfer caused the TTA to cool slower with a nonuniform flow than an equivalent uniform flow at an averaged flow speed. The percent the nonuniform flow differed from this equivalent averaged flow changed based was on two main factors of the flow; if any region of the flow existed at low speeds and if the flow has large gradients. With this in mind the TTA will still have a usable operational condition. Namely, if the flow is not at a low speed and if it has a modest gradient.
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