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Resources
This page contains an always-expanding list of resources (tools, methods, courses, etc) that are useful for various types of fluid dynamics and biomechanics research. Last update June 18, 2019.
Kinematic Tracking
- Tracker (physlets.org/tracker/) — Free Java-based tool for tracking points in video analysis. Developed as an educational tool, may be useful for research.
- DLTdv (Dr. Ty Hedrick’s lab at UNC Chapel Hill) — Free MATLAB-based tool for tracking points in video analysis. User-friendly interface. Equipped for 3D tracking from multiple video input streams. Widely used.
- DeepLabCut (mousemotorlab.org/deeplabcut/) — Free Python-based tool using deep learning to speed up tracking. User trains the algorithm with a small number of frames, then proceeds to a larger dataset.
Flow Measurement and Visualization
- PIVLab (pivlab.blogspot.com) — Free MATLAB-based tool, capable of 2D2C PIV. User-friendly GUI with many nice features. By W. Thielicke and E. Stamhuis, maintained by the former. Downloadable as a toolbox.
- matPIV (site) — Free MATLAB toolbox from the University of Oslo. Latest version contains rudimentary PTV.
Scientific Illustration
- Phylopic (phylopic.org) — Free silhouettes of organisms, useful for creating figures. Search by scientific or common name.
- BioRender (biorender.com) — Icons and templates having to do with the (primarily biomedical) life sciences, for teaching or creating figures. Free plan for educational use; paid plans allow for journal publication.