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This paper describes an experimental development for temporal and spatial reconstruction of continuously varying flow fields by means of digital cinematographic particle image velocimetry (PIV). The system uses a copper-vapor laser illumination synchronized with a high-speed camera, and continuously samples at 250 fps to measure transient and non-periodic turbulent flows with relatively low frequencies, i.e., the surf zone turbulence produced by depth-limited wave break in a long laboratory flume. The use of the developed PIV system comprehensively records the temporal development of both phase-averaged and instantaneous turbulent vortex flows descended from the breaking waves to the bottom. Also, the measured power spectra show harmonic frequencies, ranging from the orbital frequency of 0.5 Hz up to the order of 5 Hz, and the well-known −5/3 dependence upon the turbulence fluctuation frequencies thereafter.
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Received: 2 December 1999/Accepted: 6 September 2000
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Son, S., Kihm, K. Evaluation of transient turbulent flow fields using digital cinematographic particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids 30, 537–550 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000233
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000233