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LES and DNS of flow and dispersion around a tall building in an array (DIPLOS)

Simulation On request

LES and DNS datasets of velocity and concentration around a tall building in an aligned array of rectangular buildings, from the DIPLOS project. Useful for studying scalar fluxes and validating dispersion models.

Access

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How to cite

University of Reading. (2017). DIPLOS: LES and DNS of flow and dispersion around a tall building in an array [Data set]. https://www.urbanfluidmechanics.org/data-portal/diplos-les-and-dns-of-flow-and-dispersion-around-a-tall-building-in-an/

Please also cite the publication below that describes it.

Details

Resource
Simulation output
Method
LES, DNS
Geometry
Idealised array
Topic
Dispersion & air quality
Quantities
Velocity, Turbulence statistics, Concentration
Year
2017
Institution
University of Reading
Contact
Omduth Coceal

Linked publications

Papers that describe or use this resource.

Description from the source

High-resolution numerical simulations to produce high quality datasets of dispersion processes LES velocity data: http://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/396364; LES concentration data: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D0239; DNS data: http://dx.doi.org/10.17864/1947.71

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