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Motivated by a similar approach for Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics, this paper proposes an extended "shadow" Lagrangian density for quantum states of superfluids. The extended Lagrangian contains an additional field variable that is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Patrick Henning , Anders M. N. Niklasson

Particles in turbulence frequently encounter extreme accelerations between extended periods of quiescence. The occurrence of extreme events is closely related to the intermittent spatial distribution of intense flow structures such as…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-08-29 Lukas Bentkamp , Cristian C. Lalescu , Michael Wilczek

We study the correlation function and mean linear response function of the velocity Fourier mode of statistically steady-state, homogeneous and isotropic turbulence in the Eulerian and Lagrangian coordinates through direct numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-29 Takeshi Matsumoto , Michio Otsuki , Takeshi Ooshida , Susumu Goto

Variational formulations for viscous flows which lead to the Navier-Stokes equation are examined. Since viscosity leads to dissipation and, therefore, to the irreversible transfer of mechanical energy to heat, thermal degrees of freedom…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-06 Sylvio R. Bistafa

We derive here Lagrangian fluctuation-dissipation relations for advected scalars in wall-bounded flows. The relations equate the dissipation rate for either passive or active scalars to the variance of scalar inputs from the initial values,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-13 Theodore D. Drivas , Gregory L. Eyink

The turbulent boundary layer over a Gaussian shaped bump is computed by direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The two-dimensional bump causes a series of strong pressure gradients alternating in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-19 Riccardo Balin , Kenneth E. Jansen

Modeling Lagrangian turbulence remains a fundamental challenge due to its multiscale, intermittent, and non-Gaussian nature. Recent advances in data-driven diffusion models have enabled the generation of realistic Lagrangian velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-28 Tianyi Li , Flavio Tuteri , Michele Buzzicotti , Fabio Bonaccorso , Luca Biferale

Fluid thermodynamics underpins atmospheric dynamics, climate science, industrial applications, and energy systems. However, direct numerical simulations (DNS) of such systems can be computationally prohibitive. To address this, we present a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-11 Luca Menicali , Andrew Grace , David H. Richter , Stefano Castruccio

The use of the full potential of stellar seismology is made difficult by the improper modeling of the upper-most layers of solar-like stars and their influence on the modeled frequencies. Our knowledge on these \emph{surface effects} has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 K. Belkacem , F. Kupka , J. Philidet , R. Samadi

Ostrogradsky instability generally appears in nondegenerate higher-order derivative theories and this issue can be resolved by removing any existing degeneracy present in such theories. We consider an action involving terms that are at most…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-14 Pawan Joshi , Sukanta Panda

We report on simulations of two-dimensional turbulence in the inverse energy cascade regime. Focusing on the statistics of Lagrangian tracer particles, scaling behavior of the probability density functions of velocity fluctuations is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oliver Kamps , Rudolf Friedrich

Aims. This series of papers aims at building a new formalism specifically tailored to study the impact of turbulence on the global modes of oscillation in solar-like stars. This first paper aims at deriving a linear wave equation that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 J. Philidet , K. Belkacem , M. -J. Goupil

The orientation dynamics of small anisotropic tracer particles in turbulent flows is studied using direct numerical simulation (DNS) and results are compared with Lagrangian stochastic models. Generalizing earlier analysis for axisymmetric…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-12-03 Laurent Chevillard , Charles Meneveau

We introduce a hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method for the incompressible Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the Spalart-Allmaras one equation turbulence model. With a special choice of velocity and pressure spaces…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Eric L. Peters , John A. Evans

Models for solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are popular tools for predicting complex turbulent flows due to their computational affordability and ability to provide or estimate quantities of engineering interest.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-10 Ty Homan , Omkar B. Shende , Ali Mani

Lagrangian statistics and particle transport in edge plasma turbulence are investigated using the Hasegawa-Wakatani model and its modified version. The latter shows the emergence of pronounced zonal flows. Different values of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-12-09 Benjamin Kadoch , Diego del-Castillo-Negrete , Wouter J. T. Bos , Kai Schneider

We propose a data-driven, closure model for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations that incorporates aleatoric, model uncertainty. The proposed closure consists of two parts. A parametric one, which utilizes previously proposed,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-16 Atul Agrawal , Phaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis

Deep learning is increasingly becoming a promising pathway to improving the accuracy of sub-grid scale (SGS) turbulence closure models for large eddy simulations (LES). We leverage the concept of differentiable turbulence, whereby an…

In this visualisation the instantaneous local velocity is expressed in terms of four components to capture the development of and interactions between coherent structures in turbulent flows. It is then possible to isolate the terms linked…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-13 Trinh Khanh Tuoc

We present an algebraic model for turbulent scalar-flux vector that stems from tensor representation theory. The resulting closure contains direct dependence on mean velocity gradients and on frame rotation tensor that accounts for Coriolis…