NAME
gpiv_peaklck - Tests PIV data on the so-called peak-locking effect by
printing/displaying an histogram of the particle displacements at sub-
pixel level.
SYNOPSIS
gpiv_peaklck [-g] [-h | --help] [-n N] [-p | --print] [-v | --version]
[filename] < stdin > stdout
DESCRIPTION
Peak-locking effects in Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) result into
estimations of the particle displacements that are mainly at an integer
number of pixels, instead of at sub-pixel displacements. This effect
may due to stretching of the (round) pixel images, due to a too low
resolution of the pixel-image or may be due to signal interferences of
the data from camera to frame grabber. Gpiv_Peaklck calculates the
particle displacement distribution at sub-pixel level in between 0.0 an
1.0 (0 included, 1 excluded). If peak locking occurs, a non-uniform
distribution of the estimated particle displacements at sub-pixel level
will be found.
The configuration parameters (containing the VALID key) may be
overruled by the command line options, as explained below.
Options
-g Graphical visualization of the histogram with gnuplot.
-h | --help
On-line help
-n N Override number of bins (default 10, hard coded).
-p | --print
Print parameters, command line options and eventually used input
and output filenames to stdout. The output is identic of
filename.par, in case -f is used.
-v | --version
Print version information on standard output, then exit
successfully.
filename
Input PIV data file. Overrides stdin and stdout. Output will be
written to filename.plk. The parameters will be written or
appended to filename.par and may be used for future use by
including them in ./gpivrc.
SEE ALSO
gpivtools
AUTHOR
Gerber Van der Graaf
BUGS
The program seems to work fine with real PIV data. So far, no serious
bugs have been found.
8 November 2006