Novel analysis for large strains based on particle image velocimetry

Over the last few decades, the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique has become an interesting tool used to measure displacements in the field of experimental mechanics. This paper presents a procedure to interpret PIV displacements, measured following an Eulerian scheme, with the purpose of pr...

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Autores: Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè|||0000-0002-1878-1365, Alvarado Bueno, Mauricio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/107263
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/107263
https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2016-0327
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Particle image velocimetry
particle image velocimetry (PIV)
digital image correlation
large displacements
PIV post-process
laboratory-scale experiments
Enginyeria geotécnica -- Models matemàtics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geotècnia
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Sumario:Over the last few decades, the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique has become an interesting tool used to measure displacements in the field of experimental mechanics. This paper presents a procedure to interpret PIV displacements, measured following an Eulerian scheme, with the purpose of providing accumulated displacements, velocities, accelerations, and strains on points representing physical particles. Strains are computed as the gradient of displacements. When compared with other standard procedures already published, the presented methodology is especially well suited to interpret large strains. The basis of the procedure is to map displacement increments measured through PIV analysis on the subset (or patch) centres into numerical particles that are defined as portions of the moving masses whose deformation is analyzed. The implementation of the method is explained in detail, highlighting its simplicity. The procedure can be used as a post-processor of currently available PIV software packages. The methodology is first applied to synthetic cases of rectangular samples in which known displacements are imposed and also to a sandy slope failure experiment involving large displacements. The method reproduces satisfactorily the recorded images.