An experimental database for evaluating PIV uncertainty quantification methods

Uncertainty quantification for particle image velocimetry (PIV) data has recently become a topic of great interest as shown by the publishing of several different methods within the past few years. A unique experiment has been designed to test the efficacy of PIV uncertainty methods, using a rectangular jet as the flow field. The novel aspect of the experimental setup consists of simultaneous measurements by means of two different time-resolved PIV systems and a hot-wire anemometer (HWA). The first PIV system, called the ``PIV-Measurement'' system, collects the data for which uncertainty is to be evaluated. It is based on a single camera and features a dynamic velocity range (DVR) representative of many PIV experiments. The second PIV system, called the ``PIV-HDR'' (high dynamic range) system, has a significantly higher DVR obtained with a higher digital imaging resolution. The hot-wire was placed in close proximity to the PIV measurement domain. All three of the measurement systems were carefully set to simultaneously collect time-resolved data on a point-by-point basis. The HWA validates the PIV-HDR system as the reference velocity so that it can be used to evaluate the instantaneous error in the PIV-measurement system.