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The probability density function (PDF) of accelerations in turbulence is derived analytically with the help of the multifractal analysis based on generalized entropy, i.e., the Tsallis or the R\'{e}nyi entropy. It is shown that the derived…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Arimitsu , N. Arimitsu

We consider the statistics for the vorticity field in two-dimensional homogeneous isotropic turbulence (HIT). First, we exploit the invariance properties to derive dimensionally reduced governing equations for the one-point and two-point…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-20 Qian Huang , Simon Görtz , Paul Hollmann , Johannes Conrad , Christian Rohde , Martin Oberlack

For low enough flow rates, turbulent channel flow displays spatial modulations of large wavelengths. This phenomenon has recently been interpreted as a linear instability of the turbulent flow. We question here the ability of linear…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-21 P. V. Kashyap , Y. Duguet , O. Dauchot

For the steady-state direct cascade of two-dimensional Navier-Stokes turbulence, we derive analytically the probability of strong vorticity fluctuations. The probability density function (pdf) of the vorticity coarse-grained over a scale in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-20 Gregory Falkovich , Vladimir Lebedev , Mikhail Stepanov

An analytical expression of probability density function (PDF) of accelerations in turbulence is derived with the help of the multifractal analysis based on generalized entropy, i.e., the Tsallis or the R\'{e}nyi entropy. It is shown that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Toshihico Arimitsu , Naoko Arimitsu

Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) simulations with turbulence closure models continue to play important roles in industrial flow simulations. However, the commonly used linear eddy viscosity models are intrinsically unable to handle…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-05-22 Jin-Long Wu , Heng Xiao , Rui Sun , Qiqi Wang

Normalizing flows model probability distributions through an expressive tractable density. They transform a simple base distribution, such as a Gaussian, through a sequence of invertible functions, which are referred to as layers. These…

Flamelet Progress Variable (FPV) combustion models allow the evaluation of all thermo chemical quantities in a reacting flow by computing only the mixture fraction Z and a progress variable C. When using such a method to predict a turbulent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-01-22 Alessandro Coclite , Giuseppe Pascazio , Pietro De Palma , Luigi Cutrone

Motivated by oceanographic observational datasets, we propose a probabilistic neural network (PNN) model for calculating turbulent energy dissipation rates from vertical columns of velocity and density gradients in density stratified…

We carry out Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of flows in closed rectangular ducts with several aspect ratios. The Navier-Stokes equations are discretized through a second-order finite difference scheme, with non-uniform grids in two…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-07-19 Paolo Orlandi , Sergio Pirozzoli

The dynamics of the Reynolds stress tensor for turbulent flows is described with an evolution equation coupling both geometric effects and turbulent source terms. The effects of the mean flow geometry are shown up when the source terms are…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Sergey L. Gavrilyuk , Henri Gouin

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

This paper addresses the issue of predicting separated flows with Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models, which are essential for many engineering tasks. Traditional RANS models usually struggle with this task, so recent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-15 Chenyu Wu , Shaoguang Zhang , Yufei Zhang

The direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the Taylor--Couette flow in the fully turbulent regime is described. The numerical method extends the work by Quadrio & Luchini (Eur. J. Mech. B / Fluids, v.21, pp.413--427, 2002), and is based on a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Davide Pirro , Maurizio Quadrio

We propose a Navier-Stokes-driven analysis of the mean and fluctuating wall shear stress (WSS) applied to turbulent channel flow data from direct numerical simulations at friction Reynolds numbers up to $Re_\tau\approx 2000$. Starting from…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-05 Le Yin , Yongyun Hwang , John Christos Vassilicos

We numerically study the volume density probability distribution function (n-PDF) and the column density probability distribution function (Sigma-PDF) resulting from thermally bistable turbulent flows. We analyze three-dimensional…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Adriana Gazol , Jongsoo Kim

A novel random field model or the reconstruction of turbulent velocity fluctuations from inhomogeneous characteristic flow quantities in terms of stochastic Fourier-type integrals has recently been introduced and analyzed by the authors.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-30 Markus Antoni , Quinten Kürpick , Felix Lindner , Nicole Marheineke , Raimund Wegener

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…

This paper presents an innovative framework for analyzing the regularity of solutions to the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations by integrating Sobolev-Besov hybrid spaces with fractional operators and quantum-inspired dynamics. We propose…

In recent years, machine learning methods represented by deep neural networks (DNN) have been a new paradigm of turbulence modeling. However, in the scenario of high Reynolds numbers, there are still some bottlenecks, including the lack of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-02 Z. Y. Wang , W. W. Zhang