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Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of rotating pipe flows up to $Re_{\tau} \approx 3000$ are carried out to investigate drag reduction effects associated with axial rotation, extending previous studies carried out at a modest Reynolds…
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV) have been employed to investigate the dynamics of finite-size spherical particles, slightly heavier than the carrier fluid, in a horizontal turbulent square duct flow.…
Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of flow in a turbulent channel with a random rough wall is performed at $Re_{\tau}=400$ and $600$. The roughness geometry corresponds to the experiments of Flack and Schultz (personal communication). The…
Accurate simulation of turbulent flows remains a challenge due to the high computational cost of direct numerical simulations (DNS) and the limitations of traditional turbulence models. This paper explores a novel approach to augmenting…
The importance of fluid-elastic forces in tube bundle vibrations can hardly be over-emphasized, in view of their damaging potential. In the last decades, advanced models for representing fluid-elastic coupling have therefore been developed…
Spatially developing round jet flows are fundamental to numerous engineering applications. This letter applies the wave-particle turbulence simulation (WPTS) method, a recently developed multiscale approach, to simulate a spatially…
Turbulent flows consist of a wide range of interacting scales. Since the scale range increases as some power of the flow Reynolds number, a faithful simulation of the entire scale range is prohibitively expensive at high Reynolds numbers.…
Direct numerical simulation is used to study turbulent flow over irregular rough surfaces in the periodic minimal channel configuration. The generation of irregular rough surface is based on a random algorithm, in which the power spectrum…
Shallow flows are common in natural and human-made environments. Even for simple rectangular shallow reservoirs, recent laboratory experiments show that the developing flow fields are particularly complex, involving large-scale turbulent…
This study reports on experimentally observed near-wall reverse flow events in a fully developed flat plate boundary layer at zero pressure gradient with Reynolds numbers between $Re_\tau = 1000$ and $Re_\tau = 2700$. The reverse flow…
We focus in this paper on the effect of the resolution of Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) on the spatio-temporal development of the turbulence downstream of a single square grid. The aims of this study are to validate our numerical…
A cascade model is described based on multiplier distributions determined from 3D direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent particle laden flows, which include two-way coupling between the phases at global mass loadings equal to…
In this study, the ducted propeller has been numerically investigated under oblique flow, which is crucial and challenging for the design and safe operation of thruster driven vessel and dynamic positioning (DP) system. A Reynolds-Averaged…
Cornerstone of this research is the examination of fluid flow around NACA0012 airfoil, with the aim of the numerical validation between the experimental results in the wind tunnel and the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) analysis, for the…
We study the size of large-scale motions in turbulent plane Couette flows at moderate Reynolds number up to $Re_\tau$ = 500. Direct numerical simulation domains were as large as $100\pi\delta\times2\delta\times5\pi\delta$, where $\delta$ is…
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) stand out as formidable tools in studying turbulent flows. Despite the fact that the achievable Reynolds number remains lower than those available through experimental methods, DNS offers a distinct…
A series of benchmarks based on the physical situation of "phase inversion" between two immiscible liquids is presented. These benchmarks aim at progressing toward the direct numerical simulation of two-phase flows. Several CFD codes…
Wall-bounded turbulence is relevant for many engineering and natural science applications, yet there are still aspects of its underlying physics that are not fully understood, particularly at high Reynolds numbers. In this study, we…
Flows through medical devices as well as in anatomical vessels despite being at moderate Reynolds number may exhibit transitional or even turbulent character. In order to validate numerical methods and codes used for biomedical flow…
In many engineering and industrial applications, the investigation of rotating turbulent flow is of great interest. In rotor-stator cavities, the centrifugal and Coriolis forces have a strong influence on the turbulence by producing a…