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The Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) models are the most common form of model in turbulence simulations. They are used to calculate Reynolds stress tensor and give robust results for engineering flows. But RANS model predictions have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Khashayar Nobarani , Seyed Esmaeil Razavi

In this article, we propose a data-driven methodology for combining the solutions of a set of competing turbulence models. The individual model predictions are linearly combined for providing an ensemble solution accompanied by estimates of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-24 Maximilien de Zordo-Banliat , Grégory Dergham , Xavier Merle , Paola Cinnella

Numerical models based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are widely used in engineering turbulence modeling. However, the RANS predictions have large model-form uncertainties for many complex flows. Quantification of these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Jian-Xun Wang , Rui Sun , Heng Xiao

Although Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are still the dominant tool for engineering design and analysis applications involving turbulent flows, standard RANS models are known to be unreliable in many flows of engineering…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-11 Jin-Long Wu , Jian-Xun Wang , Heng Xiao , Julia Ling

In fluid physics, data-driven models to enhance or accelerate solution methods are becoming increasingly popular for many application domains, such as alternatives to turbulence closures, system surrogates, or for new physics discovery. In…

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

Simulations of complex turbulent flow are part and parcel of the engineering design process. Eddy viscosity based turbulence models represent the workhorse for these simulations. The underlying simplifications in eddy viscosity models make…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-15 Minghan Chu , Weicheng Qian

Engineering design and scientific analysis rely upon computer simulations of turbulent fluid flows using turbulence models. These turbulence models are empirical and approximate, leading to large uncertainties in their predictions that…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-28 Minghan Chu , Weicheng Qian

In computational fluid dynamics simulations of industrial flows, models based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) equations are expected to play an important role in decades to come. However, model uncertainties are still a major…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-01 Heng Xiao , Paola Cinnella

This study aims to enhance the generalizability of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models, which are crucial for engineering applications. Classic RANS turbulence models often struggle to predict separated flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Chenyu Wu , Shaoguang Zhang , Changxin Guo , Yufei Zhang

We present a data-driven approach to Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes turbulence closure modelling in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows. In these flows the magnetic field interacting with the conductive fluid induces unconventional turbulence…

Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are widely used in engineering turbulent flow simulations. However, RANS predictions may have large discrepancies due to the uncertainties in modeled Reynolds stresses. Recently, Wang et al.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-11 Jin-Long Wu , Heng Xiao , Eric Paterson

Turbulent flow has been extensively studied using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations since turbulent flow regime is so frequently encountered in both academic and engineering applications. The high-fidelity simulation of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-21 Minghan Chu

To achieve virtual certification for industrial design, quantifying the uncertainties in simulation-driven processes is crucial. We discuss a physics-constrained approach to account for epistemic uncertainty of turbulence models. In order…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Marcel Matha , Christian Morsbach

Data-driven turbulence modeling has been considered an effective method for improving the prediction accuracy of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Related studies aimed to solve the discrepancy of traditional turbulence modeling by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-10-19 Yuhui Yin , Pu Yang , Yufei Zhang , Haixin Chen , Song Fu

Traditional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) closures, based on the Boussinesq eddy viscosity hypothesis and calibrated on canonical flows, often yield inaccurate predictions of both mean flow and turbulence statistics. Here, we…

We present a machine learning-based framework for blending data-driven turbulent closures in the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, aimed at improving their generalizability across diverse flow regimes. Specialized models…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-05 Mourad Oulghelou , Soufiane Cherroud , Xavier Merle , Paola Cinnella

Complex turbulent flow simulations are an integral aspect of the engineering design process. The mainstay of these simulations is represented by eddy viscosity based turbulence models. Eddy viscosity models are computationally cheap due to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-08-14 Minghan Chu , Weicheng Qian

Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are presently one of the most popular models for simulating turbulence. Performing RANS simulation requires additional modeling for the anisotropic Reynolds stress tensor, but traditional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-02 Rui Fang , David Sondak , Pavlos Protopapas , Sauro Succi

Turbulent flows play an important role in many scientific and technological design problems. Both Sub-Grid Scale (SGS) models in Large Eddy Simulations (LES) and Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) based modeling will require turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-16 Minghan Chu