A thermocouple, mounted flush in an insulated flat surface in a supersonic laminar flow of air measures the

Q. A thermocouple, mounted flush in an insulated flat surface in a supersonic laminar flow of air measures the

 (A) static temperature.

 (B) temperature greater than static but less than total temperature.

 (C) total temperature.

(D) temperature greater than total temperature.

Ans: temperature greater than static but less than total temperature.