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The goal of this dissertation is to investigate the PANS model capabilities in providing significant improvement over RANS predictions at slightly higher computational expense and producing LES quality results at significantly lower…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-12-12 Pooyan Razi

A fully-convolutional neural-network model is used to predict the streamwise velocity fields at several wall-normal locations by taking as input the streamwise and spanwise wall-shear-stress planes in a turbulent open channel flow. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-08-26 L. Guastoni , M. P. Encinar , P. Schlatter , H. Azizpour , R. Vinuesa

Predictive simulation of many complex flows requires moving beyond Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) based models to representations resolving at least some scales of turbulence in at least some regions of the flow. To resolve…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-11 Sigfried Haering , Todd A. Oliver , Robert D. Moser

This paper presents a new Computational Fluid Dynamics database, developed at ONERA, to support the advancement of machine learning techniques for aerodynamic field prediction. It contains 468 Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Jacques Peter , Quentin Bennehard , Sébastien Heib , Jean-Luc Hantrais-Gervois , Frédéric Moëns

This study has presented a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of combustion flow in a realistic can combustor, evaluating the influence of various turbulence models on flow, thermal, and species fields. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-20 Aishvarya Kumar , Ram Prakash Bharti

In this article, we provide a methodology to reconstruct high-Reynolds number turbulent mean-flows from few time-averaged measurements. A turbulent flow over a backward-facing step at Re = 28275 is considered to illustrate the potential of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-09-23 Lucas Franceschini , Denis Sipp , Olivier Marquet

Simulation of turbulent flows at high Reynolds number is a computationally challenging task relevant to a large number of engineering and scientific applications in diverse fields such as climate science, aerodynamics, and combustion.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-06 Jaideep Pathak , Mustafa Mustafa , Karthik Kashinath , Emmanuel Motheau , Thorsten Kurth , Marcus Day

Turbulence is ubiquitous in engineering and science, yet direct simulation is prohibitively expensive. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations provide savings exceeding ten orders of magnitude but introduce unclosed terms (the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-27 Daniel Dehtyriov , Jonathan F. MacArt , Justin Sirignano

Model-form uncertainties in complex mechanics systems are a major obstacle for predictive simulations. Reducing these uncertainties is critical for stake-holders to make risk-informed decisions based on numerical simulations. For example,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-11 J. -L. Wu , J. -X. Wang , H. Xiao

Turbulence driven zonal flows play an important role in fusion devices since they improve plasma confinement by limiting the level of anomalous transport. Current theories mostly focus on flow excitation but do not self-consistently…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-06-13 Niels Guertler , Klaus Hallatschek

Efficient tools for predicting the drag of rough walls in turbulent flows would have a tremendous impact. However, methods for drag prediction rely on experiments or numerical simulations which are costly and time-consuming. Data-driven…

Data-driven correction of turbulence models offers a promising route for improving Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) predictions, but quantifying uncertainty in such corrections and ensuring generalization across flows remain key…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Tyler Buchanan , Ali Eidi , Richard P. Dwight

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

Small-scale turbulence can be comprehensively described in terms of velocity gradients, which makes them an appealing starting point for low-dimensional modeling. Typical models consist of stochastic equations based on closures for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-01 Maurizio Carbone , Vincent J. Peterhans , Alexander S. Ecker , Michael Wilczek

A local artificial neural network (LANN) framework is developed for turbulence modeling. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) unclosed terms are reconstructed by artificial neural network (ANN) based on the local coordinate system…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-08 Chenyue Xie , Xiangming Xiong , Jianchun Wang

Liquid metals play a central role in new generation liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors, for which numerical investigations require the use of appropriate thermal turbulence models for low Prandtl number fluids. Given the limitations of…

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) is very accurate however, the computational cost increases significantly with the increase in Reynolds number. On the other hand, we have the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) method for simulating…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-12 Manthan Mahajan , Nitin Kumar , Deep Shikha , Vamsi K Chalamalla , Sawan S Sinha

Extending gradient-type turbulence closures to turbulent premixed flames is challenging due to the significant influence of combustion heat release. We incorporate a deep neural network (DNN) into Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-18 Priyesh Kakka , Jonathan F. MacArt

Classic turbulence models often struggle to accurately predict complex flows. Although data-driven techniques have addressed these shortcomings, most existing research has concentrated on two-dimensional (2D) cases. This study bridges this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-19 Chenyu Wu , Shaoguang Zhang , Yufei Zhang

Several Tensor Basis Neural Network (TBNN) frameworks aimed at enhancing turbulence RANS modeling have recently been proposed in the literature as data-driven constitutive models for systems with known invariance properties. However,…