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Advanced Flow Field Measurements
in Fluid Mechanics

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) as well as Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV) are recognized as the most powerful and practical diagnostic tools for flow field analysis in fluid dynamics applications. Instantaneous 2D and 3D flow images are measured with high spatial and temporal resolution. LaVision’s FlowMaster PIV systems have been generating valuable insights into flow phenomena in scientific, engineering, biological and medical applications for many years. Constant technological advances in hardware and implementation of the latest research of algorithms assure the maximum in performance, accuracy and system operability.
Our FlowMaster models are application oriented, meeting a wide range of measurement requirements due to their modular and flexible system design.

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Pressure from PIV/PTV

With LaVision’s state-of-the-art Pressure from PIV software package, averaged and instantaneous 2D as well as 3D pressure fields are derived from double pulse or time-resolved planar and volumetric velocimetry measurements. For instance, in Fluid-Structure Interaction phenomena, pressure is the key to understand the forces acting on surfaces.

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PIV cameras PIV cameras
 

PIV camera

Resolution
[pixel]
Frame rate Pixel size
[µm]
Min. time interval
(dt)
Digital output
Imager CX3p-5 2440 x 2040 260 Hz@8 bit
260 Hz@10 bit
172 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3p-12 4080 x 2984 181 Hz@8 bit
145 Hz@10 bit
120 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3p-16 5312 x 3040 142 Hz@8 bit
113 Hz@10 bit
95 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3p-25 5312 x 4608 96 Hz@8 bit
75 Hz@10 bit
63 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3-5 2440 x 2040 260 Hz@8 bit
260 Hz@10 bit
172 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3-12 4080 x 2984 181 Hz@8 bit
145 Hz@10 bit
120 Hz@8 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3-16 5312 x 3040 142 Hz@8 bit
113 Hz@10 bit
95 Hz@8 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX3-25 5312 x 4608 96 Hz@8 bit
75 Hz@10 bit
63 Hz@8 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager CX1-5 2440 x 2040 123 Hz@8 bit
83 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 12 bit
Imager CX1-12 4080 x 2984 61 Hz@8 bit
41 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 12 bit
Imager CX1-16 5312 x 3024 45 Hz@8 bit
30 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 12 bit
Imager CX1-25 5296 x 4584 30 Hz@8 bit
20 Hz@12 bit
2.7 x 2.7 500 ns 8, 12 bit
Imager sCMOS 2.6k x 2.2k 50 Hz 6.5 x 6.5 120 ns 16 bit
Imager MX 2M-160 1936 x 1216 100 Hz@12 bit
123 Hz@10 bit
155 Hz@8 bit
3.45 x 3.45 43 µs 8, 10, 12 bit
Imager MX 50M 7920 x 6004 30 Hz 4.6 x 4.6 180 µs 8, 10, 12 bit
High-speed PIV cameras High-speed PIV cameras
 

PIV camera

Resolution
[pixel]

Pixel size
[µm]

Min. time interval
(dt)

Digital output

FASTCAM Mini UX100 1280 x 1024
up to 4 kHz
10 x 10  1.5 µs 12 bit
FASTCAM Mini AX100 1024 x 1024
up to 4 kHz
20 x 20  2.5 µs 12 bit
FASTCAM Mini AX200 1024 x 1024
up to 6.4 kHz
20 x 20 2.5 µs 12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA S6 1024 x 1024
up to 6.4 kHz
20 x 20  2.1 µs
@rates>1 kHz
12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA S9 1024 x 1024
up to 9 kHz
20 x 20  2.1 µs
@rates>1 kHz
12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA S12 1024 x 1024
up to 12.8 kHz
20 x 20  2.1 µs
@rates>1 kHz
12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA S16 1024 x 1024
up to 16 kHz
20 x 20  2.1 µs
@rates>1 kHz
12 bit
Phantom VEO 1310 1280 x 960
up to 10.86 kHz
18 x 18 0.726 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO 1010 1280 x 960
up to 8.42 kHz
18 x 18 0.726 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO 610 1280 x 960
up to 5.61 kHz
18 x 18 0.726 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO 440L 2560 x 1600
up to 1.1 kHz
10 x 10 1.73 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO 640L 2560 x 1600
up to 1.4 kHz
10 x 10 1.73 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO-E-310L 1280 x 800
up to 3,2 kHz
20 x 20 0.48 µs 12 bit
Phantom VEO-E-340L 2560 x 1600
up to 800 Hz
10 x 10 1.71 µs 12 bit
TMX-7510 1280 x 800
up to 76 kHz
23.7 x 14.8 229 ns 12 bit
TMX-6410 1280 x 800
up to 66 kHz
23.7 x 14.8 tbd 12 bit
TMX-5010 1280 x 800
up to 51 kHz
23.7 x 14.8 tbd 12 bit
Phantom T2540 2560 x 1664
up to 5,84 kHz
9,27 x 9,27 365 ns 12 bit
Phantom T4040 2560 x 1664
up to 9,35 kHz
9,27 x 9,27 365 ns 12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA S20 1024 x 1024
up to 18.75 kHz
20 x 20



2.0 µs
@rates>1 kHz

 

10,12 bit
Phantom T2410 1280 x 800
up to 24.2 kHz
18,5 x 18,5 tbd 12 bit
Phantom T3610 1280 x 800
up to 38 kHz
18,5 x 18,5 tbd 12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA R3-4K 4096 x 2304
up to 750 Hz
6.5 x 6.5 tbd 12 bit
FASTCAM NOVA R5-4K 4096 x 2304
up to 1.25 kHz
6.5 x 6.5 tbd 12 bit

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