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Urban Wind Lab: interactive lattice-Boltzmann tool for urban wind analysis

Simulation

Interactive D3Q19 lattice-Boltzmann wind analysis tool for 3D urban context.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23474525
Licence
MIT Permissive open-source licence: use, change and redistribute it freely, keeping the copyright notice.
Size
165 kB

How to cite

Al-Obaidi, K. M. (2026). Urban Wind Lab: An interactive lattice-Boltzmann tool for wind analysis [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23474525

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Details

Resource
Software & tools
Method
LES
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Wind loads & pedestrian wind
Quantities
Velocity
Codes / models
LBM
Year
2026
Creators
Al-Obaidi, Karam M.
Institution
Sheffield Hallam University

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