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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…

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Deep learning (DL)-based Reynolds stress with its capability to leverage values of large data can be used to close Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stoke (RANS) equations. Type I and Type II machine learning (ML) frameworks are studied to…

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Turbulence is a non-local phenomenon and has multiple-scales. Non-locality can be addressed either implicitly or explicitly. Implicitly, by subsequent resolution of all spatio-temporal scales. However, if directly solved for the temporal or…

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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

Despite a cost-effective option in practical engineering, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations are facing the ever-growing demand for more accurate turbulence models. Recently, emerging machine learning techniques are making…

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In this paper, we propose normalizing flows (NF) as a novel probability density function (PDF) turbulence model (NF-PDF model) for the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations. We propose to use normalizing flows in two different…

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Use of appropriate initialization to warm-start Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations of turbulent flow can facilitate convergence and lead to efficient use of computational resources. In this work, a method to model downstream…

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This paper proposes a phenomenological Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) calculation model based on physical constraints. In this model part of the source terms in the e equation was replaced with the deep learning model, using the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-12-28 Shuming Zhang , Haiwang Li , Ruquan You , Tinglin Kong , Zhi Tao

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

Symbolic regression (SR) methods have been extensively investigated to explore explicit algebraic Reynolds stress models (EARSM) for turbulence closure of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations. The deduced EARSM can be readily…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-15 Yu Zhang , Kefeng Zheng , Fei Liu , Qingfu Zhang , Zhenkun Wang

There exists continuous demand of improved turbulence models for the closure of Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. Machine Learning (ML) offers effective tools for establishing advanced empirical Reynolds stress closures on…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-04-01 Muyuan Liu , Yiren Yang , Hao Chen

To fully evaluate a turbulent flow, Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) is the most accurate method by far and requires considerable computational power and time; not optimum for industry standards. Developing an alternative model, providing…

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Data-driven turbulence modeling is a newly emerged research area in thermal hydraulics simulation of nuclear power plant (NPP). The most common CFD method used in NPP thermal hydraulics simulation is Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)…

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The partially-averaged Navier-Stokes (PANS) equations are used to predict the variable-density Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) flow at Atwood number 0.5 and maximum Reynolds number $500$. This is a prototypical problem of material mixing featuring…

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We solve a Bayesian inverse Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) problem that assimilates mean flow data by jointly reconstructing the mean flow field and learning its unknown RANS parameters. We devise an algorithm that learns the most…

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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…

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This study presents a compact data-driven Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model for wind turbine wake prediction, built as an enhancement of the standard \(k\)-\(\varepsilon\) formulation. Several candidate models were discovered…

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