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In this work we consider the problem of constructing initial conditions for a flow model such that the resulting flow evolution leads to a self-similar energy cascade consistent with Kolmogorov's statistical theory of turbulence. As a first…

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Jin (Phys. Fluids, vol. 31, 2019, p. 125102) proposed a new turbulence simulation method which shows better performance than other classic turbulence models. It is composed of a small-eddy-dissipation mixing length (SED-ML) model for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-27 Yan Jin

Within the Large Eddy Simulation framework, we propose a methodology based on the Lie theory to derive symmetry-preserving turbulence models. We apply this methodology to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.} These models explicitly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Oscar Cosserat , Dina Razafindralandy , Can Selçuk

We present a one-equation subgrid scale model that evolves the turbulence energy corresponding to unresolved velocity fluctuations in large eddy simulations. The model is derived in the context of the Germano consistent decomposition of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. Schmidt , J. C. Niemeyer , W. Hillebrandt

A new methodology based on energy flux similarity is suggested in this paper for large eddy simulation (LES) of transitional and turbulent flows. Existing knowledge reveals that the energy cascade generally exists in transitional and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-31 Han Qi , Xinliang Li , Hao Zhou , Changping Yu

We investigate eddy-viscosity distributions in pressure-driven wall turbulence for three canonical configurations: plane closed-channel flow, open-channel flow with a free-slip surface, and pipe flow. Using direct numerical simulation (DNS)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-13 Ben-Rui Xu , Ao Xu

In isotropic helical turbulence, a new single helical model is suggested for large eddy simulation. Based on the Kolmogrov's hypotheses, the helical model is proposed according to the balance of helicity dissipation and the average of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-12 Changping Yu

Rotating turbulent flows form a challenging test case for large-eddy simulation (LES). We, therefore, propose and validate a new subgrid-scale (SGS) model for such flows. The proposed SGS model consists of a dissipative eddy viscosity term…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-30 Maurits H. Silvis , H. Jane Bae , F. Xavier Trias , Mahdi Abkar , Roel Verstappen

In this paper, a dynamic closure modeling approach has been derived to stabilize the projection-based reduced order models in the long-term evolution of forced-dissipative dynamical systems. To simplify our derivation without losing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-21 Sk. Mashfiqur Rahman , Shady E. Ahmed , Omer San

While direct numerical simulations (DNS) are the most accurate method for studying turbulence, their large computational cost restricts their use to idealized configurations and to Reynolds numbers well below those found in practical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-09 Chang Hsin Chen , Arnab Moitro , Alexei Y. Poludnenko

Two approaches for closing the turbulence subgrid-scale stress tensor in terms of matrix exponentials are introduced and compared. The first approach is based on a formal solution of the stress transport equation in which the production…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-01-21 Yi Li , Laurent Chevillard , Gregory Eyink , Charles Meneveau

The simulation of high Reynolds number (Re) separated turbulent flows faces significant problems for decades: large eddy simulation (LES) is computationally too expensive, and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) methods and hybrid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-02 Stefan Heinz , Adeyemi Fagbade

Inability of low-resolution ocean models to simulate many important aspects of the large-scale general circulation is a common problem. In the view of physics, the main reason for this failure are the missed dynamical effects of the…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Igor Shevchenko , Pavel Berloff

Approximate Deconvolution (AD) has emerged as a promising closure for Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) in complex multi-physics flows, where the conventional pure Dynamic Eddy-Viscosity (DEV) models experience issues. In this research, we…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-14 Ehsan Amani , Mohammad Bagher Molaei , Morteza Ghorbani

One of the more promising recent approaches to turbulence modelling is the Variational Multiscale Large Eddy Simulation (VMS LES) method proposed by Hughes et al. [Comp. Visual. Sci., vol. 3, pp. 47-59, 2000]. This method avoids several…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thor Gjesdal , Carl Erik Wasberg , Bjorn Anders Pettersson Reif , Oyvind Andreassen

Most turbulence models used in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations are partial differential equations (PDE) that describe the transport of turbulent quantities. Such quantities include turbulent kinetic energy for eddy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-18 Ruiying Xu , Xu-Hui Zhou , Jiequn Han , Richard P. Dwight , Heng Xiao

By combining AI and fluid physics, we discover a closed-form closure for 2D turbulence from small direct numerical simulation (DNS) data. Large-eddy simulation (LES) with this closure is accurate and stable, reproducing DNS statistics…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Karan Jakhar , Yifei Guan , Pedram Hassanzadeh

We study the construction of subgrid-scale models for large-eddy simulation of incompressible turbulent flows. In particular, we aim to consolidate a systematic approach of constructing subgrid-scale models, based on the idea that it is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-01-30 Maurits H. Silvis , Ronald A. Remmerswaal , Roel Verstappen

Standard eddy viscosity models, while robust, cannot represent backscatter and have severe difficulties with complex turbulence not at statistical equilibrium. This report gives a new derivation of eddy viscosity models from an equation for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-05 Nan Jiang , William Layton

In this study, new turbulence closure equations are derived in the light of turbulence as a continuous phase transition phenomenon. Closed-form Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations due to those closure equations are solved numerically…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-22 Mohammed A. Azim