PIV is an advanced, optical measuring technique for obtaining 3D velocity information in a plane. The flow measurement with PIV is based on the measurements of the displacement (Δx) of a particle in a target plane between two successive light pulses with time delay (Δt). The flow is seeded with particles and the target plane is illuminated with a laser light sheet. Then the particle positions are recorded by two digital cameras.
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