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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…
High-order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods offer excellent accuracy for turbulent flow simulations, especially when implemented on GPU-oriented architectures that favor very high polynomial orders. On modern GPUs, high-order polynomial…
When simulating multiscale systems, where some fields cannot be fully prescribed despite their effects on the simulation's accuracy, closure models are needed. This phenomenon is observed in turbulent fluid dynamics, where Large Eddy…
We present a high-order implicit large-eddy simulation (ILES) approach for simulating transitional turbulent flows. The approach consists of an Interior Embedded Discontinuous Galerkin (IEDG) method for the discretization of the…
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a promising tool to solve robust optimal well control problems where the model parameters are highly uncertain, and the system is partially observable in practice. However, RL of robust control policies often…
Despite well-known limitations of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations, this methodology remains the most widely used tool for predicting many turbulent flows, due to computational efficiency. Machine learning is a promising…
Different approaches to using data-driven methods for subgrid-scale closure modeling have emerged recently. Most of these approaches are data-hungry, and lack interpretability and out-of-distribution generalizability. Here, we use {online}…
The explicit filtering method for large eddy simulation (LES,) which comprises integration of the governing equations without any added terms for sub-grid-scale modeling, and the application of a low-pass filter to transported fields, is…
Reduced order models (ROMs) have achieved a lot of success in reducing the computational cost of traditional numerical methods across many disciplines. For convection-dominated (e.g., turbulent) flows, however, standard ROMs generally yield…
This paper introduces a new approach to Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) where subgrid-scale (SGS) dissipation is applied proportionally to the degree of local spectral broadening, hence mitigated or deactivated in regions dominated by…
In this paper, we apply a specifically designed dissipative spatial filter as sub-grid scale model within the increasingly popular discontinuous Galerkin methods and the closely related flux reconstruction high order methods for large eddy…
Approximate Deconvolution (AD) has emerged as a promising closure for Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) in complex multi-physics flows, where the conventional pure Dynamic Eddy-Viscosity (DEV) models experience issues. In this research, we…
We present a discrete filter for subgrid-scale (SGS) model, coupled with the discretization corrected particle strength exchange (DC-PSE) method for the simulation of three-dimensional viscous incompressible flow, at high Reynolds flows.…
We propose a novel method to quantify artificial dissipation in large eddy simulation. Here, artificial dissipation is defined as the residual of the discrete turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) equation. This method is applied to turbulent…
A general control policy framework based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is introduced for closed-loop decision making in subsurface flow settings. Traditional closed-loop modeling workflows in this context involve the repeated…
Large-eddy simulation (LES) is a well-established numerical technique, which resolves the most energetic turbulent fluctuations in the planetary boundary layers. Averaging these fluctuations, high-quality profiles of mean values and…
The rational large eddy simulation (RLES) model is applied to turbulent channel flows. This approximate deconvolution model is based on a rational (subdiagonal Pade') approximation of the Fourier transform of the Gaussian filter and is…
We present two families of sub-grid scale (SGS) turbulence models developed for large-eddy simulation (LES) purposes. Their development required the formulation of physics-informed robust and efficient Deep Learning (DL) algorithms which,…
The present work is concerned with a study of large eddy simulations (LES) of unsteady turbulent jet flows. In particular, the present analysis is focused on the effects of the subgrid-scale modeling used when a second-order spatial…
We consider the question of fundamental limitations on the performance of eddy-viscosity closure models for turbulent flows, focusing on the Leith model for 2D {Large-Eddy Simulation}. Optimal eddy viscosities depending on the magnitude of…