SLPIV using Natural Snowfall
1) Development of Super Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (SLPIV), for characterizing:
- Flow behind utility-scale wind turbines(e.g. 2.5 MW),
- & Atmospheric boundary layer(ABL).
Sample of Enhanced SLPIV Recordings
Motivations & Principles:
Natural Snowfall Used to Visualize Tip-vortex Evolution:
Sample of Corresponding Calculated Velocity Vector Fields
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