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DNS of turbulent flow over regular cuboid arrays (DIPLOS geometry)

Simulation 217 MB

Time and space data from direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow over regular cuboid arrays (DIPLOS geometry). Useful for urban canopy turbulence studies.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10137688
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
217 MB

How to cite

Vitor, L., & Coceal, O. (2023). Urban DNS - DIPLOS geometry [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10137688

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Details

Resource
Simulation output
Method
DNS
Geometry
Idealised array
Topic
Urban boundary layer
Quantities
Velocity, Turbulence statistics
Year
2023
Creators
Vitor, Lavor; Coceal, Omduth
Institution
University of Reading

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