Awesome PIV

A curated list of papers related to Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) that I found useful.

Note: If you were looking for a list of repositories, I'll kindly refer you to alexlib/awesome piv.

Contents

• Awesome PIV
  • Contents
  • 1. Camera Characteristics
  • 2. Camera Calibration
  • 3. Seed Generators and Particles
  • 4. LED-based Illumination
  • 5. Tomographic Reconstruction
  • 6. Velocimetry of Tornado-like Vortices

1. Camera Characteristics

Papers

• [2000] - How small should pixel size be? Paper
• [2006] - Resolution and light sensitivity tradeoff with pixel size. Paper
• [2011] - Performance improvement of CMOS APS pixels using photodiode peripheral utilization method. Paper
• [2013] - Estimation and modeling of the full well capacity in pinned photodiode CMOS image sensors. Paper
• [2018] - Recording Techniques for PIV. Paper
• [2020] - What is scientific imaging quality? Paper

2. Camera Calibration

Papers

• [1987] - A versatile camera calibration technique for high-accuracy 3D machine vision metrology using off-the-shelf TV cameras and lenses. Paper
• [1997] - A four-step camera calibration procedure with implicit image correction. Paper
• [1997] - Distortion compensation for generalized stereoscopic particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2007] - Dumbbell calibration for a multi-camera tracking system. Paper
• [2007] - Fully automatic camera calibration using regular planar patterns. Paper
• [2008] - Volume self-calibration for 3D particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2009] - Self calibration of a pinhole camera. Paper
• [2012] - Non-uniform optical transfer functions in particle imaging: calibration and application to tomographic reconstruction. Paper
• [2013] - Comparative study of camera calibration methods for 3D particle tracking velocimetry. Paper
• [2015] - Calibration drift within a tomo-PIV setup and self-calibration. Paper
• [2016] - Non‑intrusive calibration for three‑dimensional particle imaging. Paper
• [2016] - Zhang's camera calibration algorithm: in-depth tutorial and implementation. Paper
• [2018] - Accurate detection and localization of checkerboard corners for calibration. Paper
• [2018] - Improvements for volume self-calibration. Paper
• [2019] - A simplified and versatile calibration method for multi-camera optical systems in 3D particle imaging. Paper
• [2019] - Pinhole camera model with refraction correction for tomographic PIV inside cylinders. Paper
• [2019] - Calibration of multiple cameras for large-scale experiments using a freely moving calibration target. Paper
• [2021] - Concentric circle grids for camera calibration with considering lens distortion. Paper
• [2021] - Distortion correction of two-component - two-dimensional PIV using a large imaging sensor with application to measurements of a turbulent boundary layer flow at RE = 2386. Paper

3 Seed Generators and Particles

Papers

• [2014] - Microbubble generation in a confined radial jet. Paper
• [2014] - Validation of a microbubble seeding generator for particle image velocimetry applications. Paper
• [2015] - On the use of helium-filled soap bubbles for large-scale tomographic PIV in wind tunnel experiments. Paper
• [2017] - Helium-filled soap bubbles for vortex core velocimetry. Paper
• [2018] - A modular, 3D-printed helium-filled soap bubble generator for large-scale volumetric flow measurements. Paper
• [2018] - Helium-filled soap bubbles tracing fidelity in wall-bounded turbulence. Paper
• [2019] - Generation and control of helium-filled soap bubbles for PIV. Paper
• [2020] - Evaluation of a full-scale helium-filled soap bubble generator. Paper
• [2021] - Air-filled soap bubbles for volumetric velocity measurements. Paper
• [2021] - Soap bubbles seeding for quantitative time resolved velocity measurements of a turbulent wake flow behind a cylinder. Paper
• [2021] - The slip velocity of nearly neutrally buoyant tracers for large-scale PIV. Paper
• [2022] - MSB generator using 3D printer final (Contribution #174). Paper

4. LED-based Illumination

Papers

• [1985] - Simulation of optical coupling from surface emitting LEDs. Paper
• [2005] - PIV with LED: Particle shadow velocimetry (PSV). Paper
• [2010] - Pulsed operation of high-power light emitting diodes for imaging flow velocimetry. Paper
• [2012] - Pulsed, high-power LED illumination for tomographic particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2013] - Simultaneous color-mixing and collimation within LED package. Paper
• [2013] - Time-resolved PIV measurements of the flow field in a stenosed, compliant arterial model. Paper
• [2-14] - High-brightness, high-power LED-based strobe illumination for double-frame micro particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2017] - High-power LED light sources for optical measurement systems operated at continuous and overdriven pulsed mode. Paper
• [2017] - Tomographic particle image velocimetry using smartphones and colored shadows. Paper
• [2018] - An experimental setup for wave-body forces in shear currents. Paper
• [2018] - Characterization and evaluation of PIV illumination system using high power light emitting diodes for waterTank applications. Paper
• [2018] - Fluid flow measurements using optical flow velocity field estimation and LED-based light sheet illumination. Paper
• [2019] - Development of LED-based illumination system for high-speed digital image correlation. Paper
• [2019] - Pulsed light emitting diodes for particle image velocimetry in a vertically submersible pump Paper
• [2021] - Pulsed LED line light for large-scale PIV -development and use in wave load measurements. Paper
• [2021] - Stereoscopic PIV measurements using low-cost action cameras. Paper
• [2022] - An alternative illumination source based on LEDs for PIV measurements on human swimmers -- A feasibility study. Paper
• [2022] - Low-cost programable stroboscopic illumination with sub-microsecond pulses for high-throughput microfluidic applications. Paper
• [2022] - Optical and electrical considerations for developing pulsed high-power LED for volumetric particle tracking velocimetry. Paper

5. Tomographic Reconstruction

Papers

• [2006] - Tomographic particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2008] - Acceleration of Tomo-PIV by estimating the initial volume intensity distribution. Paper
• [2009] - An efficient simultaneous reconstruction technique for tomographic particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2010] - Adaptive MLOS-SMART improved accuracy tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2010] - Motion tracking-enhanced MART for tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2012] - A fast multi-resolution approach to tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2013] - A maximum entropy reconstruction technique for tomographic particle image velocimetry. Paper
• [2013] - Computationally efficient sparse algorithms for tomographic PIV reconstruction. Paper
• [2013] - Enhancing Tomo-PIV reconstruction quality by reducing ghost particles. Paper
• [2013] - Spatial filtering improved tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2015] - An efficient and accurate approach to MTE-MART for time-resolved tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2015] - Volume reconstruction optimization for tomo-PIV algorithms applied to experimental data. Paper
• [2016] - Blob-enhanced reconstruction technique. Paper
• [2016] - Intensity-enhanced MART for tomographic PIV. Paper
• [2022] - GPU-accelerated MART and concurrent cross-correlation for tomographic PIV. Paper

6. Velocimetry of Tornado-like Vortices

Papers

• [2008] - Design, construction and performance of a large tornado simulator for wind engineering applications. Paper
• [2010] - Tornado-induced wind loads on a low-rise building. Paper
• [2011] - An experimental study of a high-rise building model in tornado-like winds. Paper
• [2011] - Near-ground tornado-like vortex structure resolved by particle image velocimetry (PIV). Paper
• [2014] - Reproducing tornadoes in laboratory using proper scaling. Paper
• [2017] - Characteristics of tornado-like vortices simulated in a large-scale ward-type simulator. Paper
• [2018] - Effects of ground roughness on near-surface flow field of a tornado-like vortex. Paper
• [2018] - Near surface experimental exploration of tornado vortices. Paper
• [2019] - Coherent structures in tornado-like vortices. Paper
• [2019] - Vulnerability of roof and building walls under a translating tornado like vortex. Paper
• [2019] - Wandering corrections from PIV measurements of tornado-like vortices. Paper
• [2020] - Experimental investigation of large-scale tornado-like vortices. Paper
• [2021] - Narrowband components in two-celled tornado-like vortices generated in a Ward-type simulator. Paper
• [2023] - Experimental investigation on the influence of swirl ratio on tornado-like flow fields by varying updraft radius and inflow angle. Paper