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Accurate and generalizable Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models for turbulent flows rely on effective closures, but currently available closures are notoriously unreliable. Kassinos et al. (J. Fluid Mechanics, 428, pp. 213-248,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-02 Aaron Miller , Sahil Kommalapati , Robert Moser , Petros Koumoutsakos

Data-driven turbulence modeling studies have reached such a stage that the fundamental framework is basically settled, but several essential issues remain that strongly affect the performance, including accuracy, smoothness, and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-09-21 Yuhui Yin , Yufei Zhang , Haixin Chen , Song Fu

This work introduces a novel data-driven framework to formulate explicit algebraic Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence closures. Recent years have witnessed a blossom in applying machine learning (ML) methods to revolutionize…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-24 Hongwei Tang , Yan Wang , Tongguang Wang , Linlin Tian

Data-driven correction of turbulence models offers a promising route for improving Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) predictions, but quantifying uncertainty in such corrections and ensuring generalization across flows remain key…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Tyler Buchanan , Ali Eidi , Richard P. Dwight

We present a data-driven framework for turbulence modeling, applied to flow prediction in the FDA nozzle. In this study, the standard RANS equations have been modified using an implicit-explicit hybrid approach. New variables were…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-02 Hossein Geshani , Mehrdad Raisee Dehkordi , Masoud Shariat Panahi

Despite the increasing availability of high-performance computational resources, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations remain the workhorse for the analysis of turbulent flows in real-world applications. Linear eddy viscosity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-27 Leon Riccius , Atul Agrawal , Phaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis

Data-driven techniques have improved the accuracy of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models in fluid dynamics. However, modeling separated flows remains challenging due to their complex physics and sensitivity to local conditions.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-19 Ali Eidi , Tyler Buchanan , Letian Jiang , Richard P. Dwight

Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) method will still play a vital role in the following several decade in aerospace engineering. Although RANS models are widely used, empiricism and large discrepancies between models reduce the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-05 Weiwei Zhang , Linyang Zhu , Yilang Liu , Jiaqing Kou

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

This work determines the inaccuracy of using Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) turbulence models in transition to turbulent flow regimes by predicting the model-based discrepancies between RANS and large eddy simulation (LES) models…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-01-21 Mustafa Usta , Ali Tosyali

The weights of a deep neural network model are optimized in conjunction with the governing flow equations to provide a model for sub-grid-scale stresses in a temporally developing plane turbulent jet at Reynolds number $Re_0=6\,000$. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-23 Jonathan F. MacArt , Justin Sirignano , Jonathan B. Freund

Although an increased availability of computational resources has enabled high-fidelity simulations of turbulent flows, the RANS models are still the dominant tools for industrial applications. However, the predictive capabilities of RANS…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-11-19 Jian-Xun Wang , Jinlong Wu , Julia Ling , Gianluca Iaccarino , Heng Xiao

This study constitutes the second phase of a research endeavor aimed at evaluating the feasibility of employing Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks as a replacement for Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models. In…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-19 Hugo D. Pasinato

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

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) is very accurate however, the computational cost increases significantly with the increase in Reynolds number. On the other hand, we have the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) method for simulating…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-12 Manthan Mahajan , Nitin Kumar , Deep Shikha , Vamsi K Chalamalla , Sawan S Sinha

Turbulent problems in industrial applications are predominantly solved using Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) turbulence models. The accuracy of the RANS models is limited due to closure assumptions that induce uncertainty into the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-20 Atieh Alizadeh Moghaddam , Amir Sadaghiyani

The application machine learning (ML) algorithms to turbulence modeling has shown promise over the last few years, but their application has been restricted to eddy viscosity based closure approaches. In this article we discuss rationale…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-31 J. P. Panda , H. V. Warrior

Most turbulence models used in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations are partial differential equations (PDE) that describe the transport of turbulent quantities. Such quantities include turbulent kinetic energy for eddy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-18 Ruiying Xu , Xu-Hui Zhou , Jiequn Han , Richard P. Dwight , Heng Xiao

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

This paper presents a novel CFD-driven machine learning framework to develop Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models. The CFD-driven training is an extension of the gene expression programming method (Weatheritt and Sandberg, 2016),…