Flume Measurements of Vegetative Drag and Flow Dynamics

Laboratory flume measurements study how canopy density and submergence level affect vegetative drag and flow dynamics. The dataset includes two-dimensional PIV measurements in vertical and horizontal planes for staggered cylinder arrays under emergent and submerged flow conditions. Author Towsibur Rahman published the 7.6 KB dataset on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling reach-averaged drag coefficients based on canopy density and submergence level
• Analyzing turbulent kinetic energy and Reynolds stress distributions in vegetated flows
• Studying wake sheltering and blockage effects in idealized rigid-stem vegetation canopies

Strengths

• Includes two-dimensional PIV measurements in both vertical and horizontal planes
• Data supports analysis of multiple flow parameters: mean velocity, Reynolds stress, turbulent kinetic energy, and drag coefficients

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Laboratory flume experiments using staggered cylinder arrays and PIV measurements.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 23:56:51