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Numerical simulations of atmospheric circulation models are limited by their finite spatial resolution, and so large eddy simulation (LES) is the preferred approach to study these models. In LES a low-pass filter is applied to the flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-27 Leila N. Azadani , Anne E. Staples

The urban canopy affects wind in complex ways, making it challenging to predict wind-driven natural ventilation and cooling in buildings. Using large eddy simulations of coupled outdoor and indoor airflow, we study how the surrounding urban…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-15 Nicholas Bachand , Hesam Salehipour , Catherine Gorle

In this work the accuracy of the Actuator Line Model (ALM) in Large Eddy Simulations of wind turbine flow is studied under the specific conditions of very coarse spatial resolutions. For finely-resolved conditions, it is known that ALM…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-11 Luis A. Martínez Tossas , Richard J. A. M. Stevens , Charles Meneveau

This article utilizes the Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) paradigm with a physics-based turbulence modeling approach, including a dynamic subgrid-scale model and an equilibrium wall model, to examine the flow over the NASA transonic Common…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-11 Konrad A. Goc , Rahul Agrawal , Sanjeeb T. Bose , Parviz Moin

The prediction of aircraft aerodynamic quantities of interest remains among the most pressing challenges for computational fluid dynamics. The aircraft aerodynamics are inherently turbulent with mean-flow three-dimensionality, often…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-25 Adrián Lozano-Durán , Hyunji Jane Bae

Climate change necessitates rapid expansion of renewable energy, with wind energy offering a scalable and low-impact solution. However, accurate prediction of wind loads and power generation remains challenging due to uncertainties in wind…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-30 Omar Sallam , Mirjam Fürth

We investigate the error scaling and computational cost of wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES) for external aerodynamic applications. The NASA Juncture Flow is used as representative of an aircraft with trailing-edge smooth-body…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-07-06 Adrián Lozano-Durán , Sanjeeb T. Bose , Parviz Moin

We present a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) approach based on a nonlinear differential low-pass filter for the simulation of two-dimensional barotropic flows with under-refined meshes. For the implementation of such model, we choose a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Michele Girfoglio , Annalisa Quaini , Gianluigi Rozza

Current design constraints have encouraged the studies of aeroacoustics fields around compressible jet flows. The present work addresses the numerical study of unsteady turbulent jet flows for aeroacoustic analyses of main engine rocket…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-26 Carlos Junqueira-Junior , Sami Yamouni , Joao Luiz F. Azevedo , William Wolf

The airflow in a subject-specific breathing human lung is simulated with a multiscale computational fluid dynamics (CFD) lung model. The three-dimensional (3D) airway geometry beginning from the mouth to about 7 generations of airways is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-10-21 Jiwoong Choi , Youbing Yin , Eric A. Hoffman , Merryn H. Tawhai , Ching-Long Lin

In this article we present recent developments in numerical methods for performing a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of the formation and evolution of a wingtip vortex. The development of these vortices in the near wake, in combination with the…

This paper studies the large-eddy simulation (LES) of isothermal turbulent channel flows. We investigate zero-equation algebraic models without wall function or wall model: functional models, structural models and mixed models. In addition…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-09 Dorian Dupuy , Adrien Toutant , Françoise Bataille

A deep learning (DL) closure model for large-eddy simulation (LES) is developed and evaluated for incompressible flows around a rectangular cylinder at moderate Reynolds numbers. Near-wall flow simulation remains a central challenge in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-19 Justin Sirignano , Jonathan F. MacArt

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

Accurate prediction of wind flow fields in urban canopies is crucial for ensuring pedestrian comfort, safety, and sustainable urban design. Traditional methods using wind tunnels and Computational Fluid Dynamics, such as Large-Eddy…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-07-10 Themistoklis Vargiemezis , Catherine Gorlé

The predictive accuracy of wall-modelled LES is influenced by a combination of the subgrid model, the wall model, the numerical dissipation induced primarily by the convective numerical scheme, and also by the density and topology of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-09-02 Timofey Mukha , Rickard E. Bensow , Mattias Liefvendahl

Current design constraints have encouraged the studies of aeroacoustics fields around compressible jet flows. The present work addresses the numerical study of subgrid scale modeling for unsteady turbulent jet flows as a preliminary step…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-03 Carlos Junqueira-Junior , Sami Yamouni , Joao Luiz F. Azevedo , William Wolf

We introduce a wall model (WM) for large-eddy simulation (LES) applicable to rough surfaces with Gaussian and non-Gaussian distributions for both transitionally and fully rough regimes. The model is applicable to arbitrary complex…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-19 Rong Ma , Adrian Lozano-Duran

High-fidelity wall-resolved large-eddy simulations (LES) are utilized to investigate the flow-physics of small-amplitude pitch oscillations of an airfoil at Re = 100,000. The investigation of the unsteady phenomenon is done in the context…

We present results of implicit large eddy simulation (LES) and different Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models of the MTU 161 low pressure turbine at an exit Reynolds number of 90,000 and exit Mach number of 0.6. The LES results are…