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Southwark tall buildings: wind-tunnel flow and dispersion

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Part I of wind-tunnel flow measurements in a 1:200 model of part of Southwark, London, examining tall buildings and height variability. Useful for validating urban flow models.

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835 MB

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Hertwig, D., Gough, H. L., Grimmond, S., Barlow, J. F., & Robins, A. G. (2020). Southwark tall buildings: wind-tunnel flow and dispersion [Data set]. Zenodo. https://www.urbanfluidmechanics.org/data-portal/southwark-tall-buildings-wind-tunnel-flow-and-dispersion/

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Details

Resource
Measurements
Method
Wind tunnel
Geometry
Realistic neighbourhood
Topic
Urban boundary layer
Quantities
Velocity, Turbulence statistics
Location
London Borough of Southwark, UK · more from London, United Kingdom
Year
2020
Creators
Hertwig, Denise; Gough, Hannah L.; Grimmond, Sue; Barlow, Janet F.; Robins, Alan G.
Institution
University of Reading; University of Surrey

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