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Mathematical regularisation of the nonlinear terms in the Navier-Stokes equations provides a systematic approach to deriving subgrid closures for numerical simulations of turbulent flow. By construction, these subgrid closures imply…
We consider so-called Leray regularization of the convective contributions. This gives rise to a subgrid parameterization which involves both explicit filtering and (approximate) inversion. The Leray model also arises from the…
In this paper, we establish the existence and the regularity of a unique weak solution to turbulent flows in a bounded domain ${\Omega}\subset \mathbb R^3$ governed by the so-called Leray-{\alpha} model. We consider the Navier slip boundary…
In a series of papers (see \cite{CDT02} and the pertinent references therein) the 3D Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ model were shown to be a useful complement to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations; and in particular, to be a good Reynolds version of…
A dynamic procedure for the Lagrangian Averaged Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ (LANS-$\alpha$) equations is developed where the variation in the parameter $\alpha$ in the direction of anisotropy is determined in a self-consistent way from data…
In 1934 J. Leray proposed a regularization of the Navier-Stokes equations whose limits were weak solutions of the NSE. Recently, a modification of the Leray model, called the Leray-alpha model, has atracted study for turbulent flow…
We perform numerical simulations of a turbulent channel flow over an hyper-elastic wall. In the fluid region the flow is governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes (NS) equations, while the solid is a neo-Hookean material satisfying the…
Wall-bounded turbulent shear flows are known to exhibit universal small-scale dynamics that are modulated by large-scale flow structures. Strong pressure gradients complicate this characterization, however; they can cause significant…
In this paper we consider the Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ (NS-$\alpha$) model within a large-eddy simulation framework. An investigation is carried out using fully-developed turbulent channel flow at a fairly low Reynolds number. This is a flow…
We study turbulent Rayleigh-B\'enard convection through direct numerical simulations in a three-dimensional plane layer of aspect ratio 4 for Rayleigh numbers $10^5 \leq Ra \leq 10^{11}$ and Prandtl number $Pr=0.7$. We summarize the…
This article is devoted to the mathematical study of a new Navier-Stokes-alpha model with a nonlinear filter equation. For a given indicator function, this filter equation was first considered by W. Layton, G. Rebholz, and C. Trenchea to…
The decay of turbulent and laminar oblique bands in the lower transitional range of plane Couette flow is studied by means of direct numerical simulations of the Navier--Stokes equations. We consider systems that are extended enough for…
Direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow in a channel with one rigid and one viscoelastic wall are performed. An Eulerian-Eulerian model is adopted with a level-set approach to identify the fluid-compliant material interface. Focus is…
A promising and cost-effective method for numerical simulation of high Re wall-bounded flows is wall-modeled large-eddy simulation. Most wall models are formulated from the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS). These RANS-based…
The $\alpha$-modeling strategy is followed to derive a new subgrid parameterization of the turbulent stress tensor in large-eddy simulation (LES). The LES-$\alpha$ modeling yields an explicitly filtered subgrid parameterization which…
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are performed for two wall-bounded flow configurations: laminar Couette flow at $Re=740$ and turbulent channel flow at $Re_{\tau}=180$, where $\tau$ is the shear stress at the wall. The top wall is smooth…
Continuum fluid dynamic models based on the Navier-Stokes equations have previously been used to simulate granular media undergoing fluid-like shearing. These models, however, typically fail to predict the flow behaviour in confined…
We perform direct numerical simulations of an unstably stratified turbulent channel flow to address the effects of buoyancy on the boundary layer dynamics and mean field quantities. We systematically span a range of parameters in the space…
The steady motion of a viscous incompressible fluid in distorted pipes, of finite length, is modeled through the Navier-Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions: the inflow is given by an arbitrary member of the Lions-Magenes class…
In the present study, we use a fifth-order ordinary differential equation, a generalization of the Blasius equation derived from the Leray-alpha model, to examine the transition to turbulence in rough-wall boundary-layer flows. This…