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A new approach to turbulence simulation, based on a combination of large-eddy simulation (LES) for the whole flow and an array of non-space-filling quasi-direct numerical simulations (QDNS), which sample the response of near-wall turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-20 Neil D. Sandham , Roderick Johnstone , Christian T. Jacobs

The transitional boundary layer flow over a flat plate is investigated. The boundary layer flow is known to develop unstable Tollmien-Schlichting waves above a critical value of the Reynolds number. However, it is also known that this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-02-15 Damien Biau

Wall cooling has substantial effects on the development of instabilities and transition processes in hypersonic boundary layers (HBLs). A sequence of linear stability theory, two-dimensional and non-linear three-dimensional DNSs is used to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-04-07 S. Unnikrishnan , Datta V. Gaitonde

We present direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of bypass transition over a flat plate with inlet freestream turbulence intensity levels of 0.75%, 1.5%, 2.25%, 3.0%, and 6.0%, respectively. A new definition of the transition intermittency is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-28 Carlos A. Gonzalez , Rahul Agrawal , Xiaohua Wu

Two direct numerical simulation (DNS) databases are investigated to understand the effect of the outer-layer turbulence on the inner layer's structures and energy transfer mechanisms. The first DNS database is the non-equilibrium…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-25 Taygun R. Gungor , Yvan Maciel , Ayse G. Gungor

The accurate prediction of aerothermal surface loading is of paramount importance for the design of high speed flight vehicles. In this work, we consider the numerical solution of hypersonic flow over a double-finned geometry,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-20 Lin Fu , Sanjeeb Bose , Parviz Moin

The shock-boundary layer interaction over the convex wall of a supersonic turbine vane is studied with a focus on extreme separation bubble events and the interplay between the bubble, streaks, and streamwise vortices. The present analysis…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-16 Hugo Lui , William Wolf

Direct numerical simulations are conducted to study the receptivity and transition mechanisms in a solitary wave boundary layer developing over randomly organized wave-like bottom topography. The boundary layer flow shows a selective…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-24 Asim Önder , Philip L. -F. Liu

The turbulence statistics of the intermittent region in a supersonic turbulent boundary layer are studied by direct numerical simulation. Recently, Kwon et al. (2016) have shown that this intermittent behavior, consisting of the coexistence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-04 Xiaoshuai Wu , Jianhan Liang , Yuxin Zhao , Marc Avila

This study analyzes the behavior of a differentially heated channel flow by means of a direct numerical simulations (DNS) with variable thermophysical properties under low-speed conditions focusing on the impact of the temperature gradient…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-30 Marina Garcia-Berenguer , Lucas Gasparino , Oriol Lehmkuhl , Ivette Rodriguez

In the present study, we conduct direct numerical simulations to investigate the near-wall dynamics of compressible turbulent boundary layers at the free-stream Mach number of 6 laden with heavy particles. By inspecting the instantaneous…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-14 Ming Yu , Lihao Zhao , Yibin Du , Xianxu Yuan , Chunxiao Xu

The variance and spectra of wall-normal velocities are investigated for direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow in a channel, pipe, and zero-pressure-gradient boundary layer across a decade of friction Reynolds numbers. Spectra along…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-22 Michael Heisel , Rahul Deshpande , Gabriel G. Katul

Time-dependent visualisations of large-scale direct and large-eddy simulations (DNS and LES) of a turbulent boundary layer reaching up to $Re_\theta=4300$ are presented. The focus of the present fluid dynamics video is on analysing the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-10-20 Philipp Schlatter , Mattias Chevalier , Miloš Ilak , Dan S. Henningson

We present direct numerical simulations (DNS) of laminar to turbulent transition in Herschel-Bulkley (HB) yield-stress fluids flowing through pipes and rectangular channels. The simulations employ a Herschel-Bulkley formulation that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-13 Shivam Prajapati , Prasoon Suchandra , Vivek Kumar , Ardalan Javadi , Suhas Jain , Cyrus Aidun

Direct Numerical Simulations (DNSs) are one of the most powerful tools for studying turbulent flows. Even if achievable Reynolds numbers are lower than those obtained with experimental means, there is a clear advantage since the entire…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-03 Sergio Hoyas , Ricardo Vinuesa , Peter Schmid , Hassan Nagib

Direct Numerical Simulations are used to solve turbulent flow and heat transfer over a variety of rough walls in a channel. The wall geometries are exactly resolved in the simulations. The aim is to understand the effect of roughness…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-25 Pourya Forooghi , Matthias Stripf , Bettina Frohnapfel

A hybrid RANS/LES framework is developed based on a recently proposed Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) model combined with a variant of recycling and rescaling method of generating inflow turbulence. This framework was…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-06 Sunil K. Arolla

Flow and heat transfer in a compressor rotating disc cavity with axial throughflow is investigated using wall-modelled large-eddy simulations (WMLES). These are compared to measurements from recently published experiments and used to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-24 Ruonan Wang , John W. Chew , Feng Gao , Olaf Marxen

Results of direct numerical simulations (DNS) of porous-wall turbulent flows in open channels with conjugate heat transfer are reported in this work. For the conductive porous walls considered here, the change in heat transfer is not…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-15 Seyed Morteza Habibi Khorasani , Geert Brethouwer , Shervin Bagheri

The present numerical investigation uses well-resolved large-eddy simulations to study the low-frequency unsteady motions observed in shock-wave/turbulent-boundary-layer interactions. Details about the numerical aspects of the simulations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-10-12 Emile Touber , Neil D. Sandham