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Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a promising framework for solving inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs), including the reconstruction of turbulent flow fields from sparse data. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Khemraj Shukla , Zongren Zou , Theo Kaeufer , Michael Triantafyllou , George Em Karniadakis

In the present paper, an aerodynamic investigation of a high-speed train is performed. In the first section of this article, a generic high-speed train against a turbulent flow is simulated, numerically. The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes…

The understanding of the dynamics of the velocity gradients in turbulent flows is critical to understanding various non-linear turbulent processes. The pressure-Hessian and the viscous-Laplacian govern the evolution of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Nishant Parashar , Sawan S. Sinha , Balaji Srinivasan

The application machine learning (ML) algorithms to turbulence modeling has shown promise over the last few years, but their application has been restricted to eddy viscosity based closure approaches. In this article we discuss rationale…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-31 J. P. Panda , H. V. Warrior

Turbulent fluid flows are among the most computationally demanding problems in science, requiring enormous computational resources that become prohibitive at high flow speeds. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) represent a radically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Sifan Wang , Shyam Sankaran , Xiantao Fan , Panos Stinis , Paris Perdikaris

With this study we investigate the accuracy of deep learning models for the inference of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solutions. We focus on a modernized U-net architecture, and evaluate a large number of trained neural networks with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Nils Thuerey , Konstantin Weissenow , Lukas Prantl , Xiangyu Hu

Direct numerical simulation of turbulence at realistic Reynolds numbers is still beyond current computational capability, necessitating models that reduce the number of resolved spatial scales. Motivated by phenomenology and recent…

From the simplest models to complex deep neural networks, modeling turbulence with machine learning techniques still offers multiple challenges. In this context, the present contribution proposes a robust strategy using patch-based training…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-10-27 Aakash Patil , Jonathan Viquerat , George El Haber , Elie Hachem

We analyse and compare various empirical models of wall pressure spectra beneath turbulent boundary layers and propose an alternative machine learning approach using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). The analysis and the training of the ANN…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-14 J. Dominique , J. Van den Berghe , C. Schram , M. A. Mendez

The present work proposes an inflow turbulence generation strategy using deep learning methods. This is achieved with the help of an autoencoder architecture with two different types of operational layers in the latent-space: a fully…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-16 Aakash Vijay Patil

Fluid thermodynamics underpins atmospheric dynamics, climate science, industrial applications, and energy systems. However, direct numerical simulations (DNS) of such systems can be computationally prohibitive. To address this, we present a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-11 Luca Menicali , Andrew Grace , David H. Richter , Stefano Castruccio

This paper presents a novel methodology for the direct numerical modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. The kinetic model equation is firstly extended to turbulent flow with the account of coupled evolution of kinetic, thermal, and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Xiaojian Yang , Kun Xu

The present study investigates the accurate inference of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes solutions for the compressible flow over aerofoils in two dimensions with a deep neural network. Our approach yields networks that learn to generate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-17 Li-Wei Chen , Nils Thuerey

Amid growing interest in machine learning, numerous data-driven models have recently been developed for Reynolds-averaged turbulence modelling. However, their results generally show that they do not give accurate predictions for test cases…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-20 Anthony Man , Mohammad Jadidi , Amir Keshmiri , Hujun Yin , Yasser Mahmoudi

Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models are widely used for turbulent flow simulations due to their computational efficiency, but their accuracy strongly depends on the selected turbulence closure and may vary across the flow domain.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Piero Zappi , Anna Ivagnes , Niccolò Tonicello , Gianluigi Rozza

A cylindrical and inclined jet in crossflow is studied under two distinct velocity ratios, $r=1$ and $r=2$, using highly resolved large eddy simulations (LES). First, an investigation of turbulent scalar mixing sheds light onto the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-30 Pedro M. Milani , Julia Ling , John K. Eaton

Turbulent-flow control aims to develop strategies that effectively manipulate fluid systems, such as the reduction of drag in transportation and enhancing energy efficiency, both critical steps towards reducing global CO$_2$ emissions. Deep…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-25 Miguel Beneitez , Andres Cremades , Luca Guastoni , Ricardo Vinuesa

Computational fluid dynamics models based on Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes equations with turbulence closures still play important roles in engineering design and analysis. However, the development of turbulence models has been stagnant…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-04 Heng Xiao , Jin-Long Wu , Sylvain Laizet , Lian Duan

Predicting the dynamics of turbulent fluid flows has long been a central goal of science and engineering. Yet, even with modern computing technology, accurate simulation of all but the simplest turbulent flow-fields remains impossible: the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-30 Nikita Gourianov , Peyman Givi , Dieter Jaksch , Stephen B. Pope

Achievement of solutions in Navier-Stokes equation is one of challenging quests, especially for its closure problem. For achievement of particular solutions, there are variety of numerical simulations including Direct Numerical Simulation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-13 Jinu Lee , Sangseung Lee , Donghyun You