Welcome to the OpenPIV project
OpenPIV is an initiative of scientists to develop a software, algorithms and methods for the state-of-the-art experimental tool of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) which are free, open source, and easy to operate.
OpenPIV is the successor of the well known URAPIV software - it is faster, more friendly and much more flexible.
OpenPIV is provided in three versions: Matlab, Python and C++ with Qt.
OpenPIV is not only the PIV image analysis software. It is a fully integrated solution from an experiment to a publication. We provide an integrated Matlab toolbox for Spatial and Temporal PIV data analysis that provides time and spatial analysis, e.g. velocity profiles, spatial correlations, FFT, contours of vorticity, etc.
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