OpenPIV
OpenPIV is the community-driven initiative to develop free and open-source software for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) image analysis and post-processing.
OpenPIV is the successor of the popular URAPIV software, but it is faster, more user-friendly, and much more flexible.
OpenPIV exists since 1999 in several languages and multiple versions.
From 2020, the main effort is devoted to the Python version of OpenPIV.
Available Platforms
Python
- The main repository is openpiv-python.
- It can be used through a Python shell, as a script, as a Jupyter notebook, or through a GUI.
- There are also additional extensions: cloud infrastructure support, cluster computing, GPU accelerated version, and more.
Matlab
Note: Matlab version of OpenPIV will not be developed after January 1st, 2021. We plan to translate the code to Python.
This includes a large set of toolboxes:
- PIV processing in Matlab with a simple GUI (openpiv-matlab)
- Spatial and Temporal PIV data analysis toolbox
- Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) toolbox
- Pressure from PIV toolbox
- getWake toolbox for post-processing time-resolved bluff body wakes
See our recent webinar on the Matlab version:
