0bc51c9d-10d0-58ac-e063-0937940ae41d English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-03-09 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608151 Results files from computer simulations of fluid flow for 3D models of Ediacaran organisms and communities (NERC Grant NE/V010859/2) 2023-10-31 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608151 Results files from computer simulations of fluid flow for 3D models of Ediacaran organisms and communities, generated using computational fluid dynamics. Simulations performed using the simulation software package COMSOL Multiphysics. Root folder names refer to initial trials ‘Cylinder Tests’), modern organisms (‘Chondrocladia lyra’), Ediacaran organisms (‘Pectinifrons’ and ‘Pterdinium’), and Ediacaran surfaces (‘Avalon’ and ‘White Sea’ surfaces). Sub-folder and file names refer to simulations performed with different models (e.g., ‘Base’, ‘Filled’ and ‘Flush’ Petridinium models), model orientations (e.g., 0°, 90°, and 180° to the inlet), current velocities (e.g., 0.15, 0.5 and 0.85 m/s), and turbulence models (e.g., Spalart Allmaras, shear stress transport, and large eddy simulation). Further details for Pectinifrons and Pteridinium available in Darroch et al. 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2022.2) and Darroch et al. 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.105989), respectively. Files can be opened with COMSOL Multiphysics (www.comsol.com) versions 5.6 or 6.0 and above. Imran Rahman Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD not available pointOfContact Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/0bc51c9d-10d0-58ac-e063-0937940ae41d.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Palaeoecology Palaeontology Ediacaran fauna Fluid dynamics Evolution Hydrodynamics BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions restricted The dataset has been formally approved by BGS for access by external clients under a BGS Digital Data Licence, issued via BGS's IPR Section. The dataset must not be provided to, or be accessible by, an external client until the IPR Section confirms that signed licence documentation is in place. Refer to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.) if further advice is required.. 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English geoscientificInformation 2023-09-01 2023-09-30 COMSOL Multiphysics project file (MPH) witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item182829 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false In each simulation, the relevant 3D model was first imported into COMSOL. A computational domain consisting of a hexahedron was then created, with the material properties of water assigned to the space surrounding the model. An inlet with a fully developed flow was specified at one end of the domain, with a zero-pressure outlet at the opposing end. No-slip boundaries were assigned to the model and the bottom of the domain, with a slip boundary used for the top of the domain. The domain was meshed using prismatic elements along no-slip boundaries, with tetrahedral elements used in the rest of the domain. Inlet velocities were simulated to reflect the typical range of current speeds recorded from analogous modern environments. The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations were solved using the Spalart-Allmaras model, the shear-stress transport model, or an alternative turbulence model.