By suitably determining the position of the fixed pivotal axis of a previously reported movable tube flowmeter of the angular momentum type, its structure has been simplified.
Namely, the pivotal axis is taken through a point on the axis of the straight tube of either the inlet or outlet portion of the movable tube and perpendicular to the tube.
Since the measurement of flow rate by such a flowmeter is not affected by any physical quantity at the inlet or outlet end of the tube, the flow rate may be obtained from the quan-tities measured at the other end of the movable tube. The experimental results confirm fairly well this theoretical consideration.