This dataset contains data from two direct numerical simulations of a turbulent zero-pressure-gradient flat-plate boundary layer spanning friction Reynolds numbers from 292 to 728 (BL1) and 488 to 1024 (BL2). The dataset contains time-resolved snapshots of the three-dimensional velocity field for both cases: roughly 10,000 snapshots spanning 20 eddy-turnover times for BL1 and 7,500 snapshots spanning 7 eddy-turnover times for BL2 . Also included for both cases are pre-processed correlations at several wall-normal distances, mean and root-mean-squared velocity and vorticity profiles, several boundary-layer metrics, and time-resolved velocity data in the streamwise-wall-normal plane. All data are stored within hdf5 files, and a Matlab script showing how the data can be read and manipulated is provided. Please see the ‘BLdns_README.pdf’ file for more information. We recommend using the ‘BLdns_example.zip’ file as an entry point to the dataset. and The dataset is part of “A database for reduced-complexity modeling of fluid flows” (see references below) and is intended to aid in the conception, training, demonstration, evaluation, and comparison of reduced-complexity models for fluid mechanics. The paper introduces the flow setup and computational methods, describes the available data, and provides an example of how these data can be used for reduced-complexity modeling. Users of these data should cite the paper listed below.
Towne, A., Dawson, S., Brès, G. A., Lozano-Durán, A., Saxton-Fox, T., Parthasarthy, A., Biler, H., Jones, A. R., Yeh, C.-A., Patel, H., Taira, K. (2022). A database for reduced-complexity modeling of fluid flows. AIAA Journal 61(7): 2867-2892.
