Characterization of the interaction between a boundary layer and a cavity using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry with Optical Flow, Georges M. Quénot, Allecsandra Rambert, Pierre Gougat and Tomasz A. Kowalewski, 9th International Symposium on the Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, paper 39.4, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-16 July, 1998

An Optical Flow technique based on the use of Dynamic Programming has been applied to Particle Image Velocimetry yielding a significant increase in the accuracy and spatial resolution of the velocity field. Results are presented for an interaction between a laminar boundary layer and a cavity.
The experimental characterization of the interaction between a boundary layer and a cavity was developed in order to valid a three dimensional computation code based on the L.E.S. method (Large Eddies Simulation). The main application of this work is the study of the pollutant transport and dispersion in a canyon street.