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3D scanning particle tracking velocimetry

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In this article, we present an experimental setup and data processing schemes for 3D scanning particle tracking velocimetry (SPTV), which expands on the classical 3D particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) through changes in the illumination, image acquisition and analysis. 3D PTV is a flexible flow measurement technique based on the processing of stereoscopic images of flow tracer particles. The technique allows obtaining Lagrangian flow information directly from measured 3D trajectories of individual particles. While for a classical PTV the entire region of interest is simultaneously illuminated and recorded, in SPTV the flow field is recorded by sequential tomographic high-speed imaging of the region of interest. The advantage of the presented method is a considerable increase in maximum feasible seeding density. Results are shown for an experiment in homogenous turbulence and compared with PTV. SPTV yielded an average 3,500 tracked particles per time step, which implies a significant enhancement of the spatial resolution for Lagrangian flow measurements.

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This work was supported by ETH Grant No. 0-20151-03.

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  1. Institut für Hydromechanik und Wasserwirtschaft, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology Zurich, ETH Hönggerberg, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland

    Klaus Hoyer, Markus Holzner, Michele Guala, Alexander Liberzon & Wolfgang Kinzelbach

  2. Risø National Laboratory, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 49, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Beat Lüthi

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Hoyer, K., Holzner, M., Lüthi, B. et al. 3D scanning particle tracking velocimetry. Exp Fluids 39, 923–934 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-005-0031-7

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