TY - GEN
T1 - Optimization of particle image velocimeters
AU - Keane, Richard D.
AU - Adrian, Ronald J.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - The spatial resolution, detection rate, accuracy and reliability of a particle image velocimeter depend critically upon careful selection of a number of parameters of the PIV system and the fluid. An analytical model has been developed to analyze the effects of variation of experimental parameters which optimize the system. A set of six nondimensional parameters which are most significant in optimizing the PIV autocorrelation algorithm are derived. They are the data validation criterion, the particle image density, the relative in-plane image displacement, the relative out-of-plane displacement, a velocity gradient parameter and the ratio of the mean image diameter to the interrogation spot diameter. A comparison is made with the method of analysis by Young's fringes to show this set of parameters is most significant there and the analysis is valid for both methods of PIV system interrogation. A study of a range of specific velocity fields has been undertaken to determine the influence of these parameters in each case and recommendations are made for interrogation of these velocity fields. The presence of velocity gradients in the velocity field has been examined for the cases of pure shear and solid body rotation. Corrections for the statistical bias are developed, with recommendations for minimizing bias effects and loss of signal strength.
AB - The spatial resolution, detection rate, accuracy and reliability of a particle image velocimeter depend critically upon careful selection of a number of parameters of the PIV system and the fluid. An analytical model has been developed to analyze the effects of variation of experimental parameters which optimize the system. A set of six nondimensional parameters which are most significant in optimizing the PIV autocorrelation algorithm are derived. They are the data validation criterion, the particle image density, the relative in-plane image displacement, the relative out-of-plane displacement, a velocity gradient parameter and the ratio of the mean image diameter to the interrogation spot diameter. A comparison is made with the method of analysis by Young's fringes to show this set of parameters is most significant there and the analysis is valid for both methods of PIV system interrogation. A study of a range of specific velocity fields has been undertaken to determine the influence of these parameters in each case and recommendations are made for interrogation of these velocity fields. The presence of velocity gradients in the velocity field has been examined for the cases of pure shear and solid body rotation. Corrections for the statistical bias are developed, with recommendations for minimizing bias effects and loss of signal strength.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0025556313
SN - 0912035390
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 139
EP - 159
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
A2 - Anon, null
PB - Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
T2 - ICALEO '89 - Optical Methods in Flow and Particle Diagnostics
Y2 - 15 October 1989 through 20 October 1989
ER -