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The stereo PIV, commonly known as the SPIV, is capable of measuring all the three velocity components in a two-dimensional measurement plane and thus classified as 2-D 3-C PIV. Even though the SPIV utilizes a set of two cameras, the positions of the measurement points are assumed to be located in the central plane of the illuminated volume, which is usually the zone of laser light sheet. This assumption makes the SPIV versatile and its calibration procedure very handy. But, if the three-dimensional orientation of the cameras can be calibrated precisely, the three-dimensional position of the particles that may be distributed in the depth of the illuminated zone can be calculated. The authors of this study have proposed a new algorithm that enables the fully three-dimensional measurement by SPIV and it can be classified as 3-D 3-C SPIV. Presently, the three-dimensional turbulent measurement of a plane jet has been carried out with the use of presently proposed 3-D 3-C SPIV and the transverse distributions of the turbulence statistics have been obtained in the depth direction of 3-D 3-C SPIV. The results are compared with those by standard PIV, i.e., 2-D 2-C PIV, and thus, the accuracy and the applicability of 3-D 3-C SPIV have been evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three-component, turbulent flow measurements are performed using stereo PIV technique, in a cylindrical, stirred, water-flow mixer, with commercially available HR-100 as the impeller, which has three identical blades, separated by 120° with each other. The flow is analyzed at twelve axisymmetric, vertical planes, with the regular angular interval of 10°, so that the 12 planes cover the whole 120° separation between any two of the impeller blades. The results show that the turbulence mixing below the impeller is much higher than that above it, as the bulk fluid motion convects down the turbulence produced at the blade-water interfaces. Moreover, vortices with high level of turbulence, overwhelmingly dominated by the tangential velocity fluctuations, are created near the tips of the blades and convected downward, with their turbulence gradually dissipating with time. When these vortices are connected throughout the domain, they constitute three disconnected, helical arcs, each of which is connected to the tip of a blade and extends downward in the opposite direction to the rotation of the impeller. The arcs rotate with the same angular velocity of the impeller. The mean velocity and turbulence statistics of the flow are discussed at each of the alternate measurement planes. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]