PIV method, maintenance, exploitation and method finalization

Abstract

PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) method as a visual aspect of the fluid flow behavior, by itself is a continuous „problem“ as its exploitation is multi-layered and significantly negligible in comparison of the visualization shown. Namely, vector and point positioning are a direct matrix proportion which is delayed in comparison with the original disposition in accordance with the time passed in which the exploitation was performed. Exploitation of „material“ is a severely significant factor in the maintenance process of critical systems as PIV (Particle Image velocimetry) systems. In this paper, the maintenance process of a critical laser component is defined in context of retention of stable measurement of airflow behavior in a standard subsonic closed type wind tunnel. The paper describes the procedure of maintenance of a mechatronic system which is used in PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) method, independently in the aspect of the hardware components (energy, power) and in the aspect of the software-based system