Related papers: An Invitation to Resolvent Analysis
We combine resolvent-mode decomposition with techniques from convex optimization to optimally approximate velocity spectra in a turbulent channel. The velocity is expressed as a weighted sum of resolvent modes that are dynamically…
This paper presents a robust, adaptive numerical scheme for simulating high density ratio and high shear multiphase flows on locally refined Cartesian grids that adapt to the evolving interfaces and track regions of high vorticity. The…
An investigation of optimal feedback controllers' performance and robustness is carried out for vortex shedding behind a 2D cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. To facilitate controller design, we present an efficient modelling approach in…
The resolvent formulation of McKeon & Sharma (2010) is applied to supersonic turbulent boundary layers to study the validity of Morkovin's hypothesis, which postulates that high-speed turbulence structures in zero pressure-gradient…
In the context of transition analysis, linear input-output analysis determines worst-case disturbances to a laminar base flow based on a generic right-hand-side volumetric/boundary forcing term. The worst-case forcing is not physically…
We perform a resolvent analysis of a compressible turbulent jet, where the optimisation domain of the response modes is located in the acoustic field, excluding the hydrodynamic region, in order to promote acoustically efficient modes. We…
This article provides a reduced-order modelling framework for turbulent compressible flows discretized by the use of finite volume approaches. The basic idea behind this work is the construction of a reduced-order model capable of providing…
We consider linear feedback flow control of the largest scales in an incompressible turbulent channel flow at a friction Reynolds number of Re$_{\tau}$ = 2000. A linear model is formed by linearizing the Navier-Stokes equations about the…
The recently introduced harmonic resolvent framework is concerned with the study of the input-output dynamics of nonlinear flows in the proximity of a known time-periodic orbit. These dynamics are governed by the harmonic resolvent…
The predictive accuracy of the Navier-Stokes equations is known to degrade at the limits of the continuum assumption, thereby necessitating expensive and often highly approximate solutions to the Boltzmann equation. While tractable in one…
This article is concerned with the problem of determining an unknown source of non-potential, external time-dependent perturbations of an incompressible fluid from large-scale observations on the flow field. A relaxation-based approach is…
We adopt an input-output approach to analyze the effect of persistent white-in-time structured stochastic base flow perturbations on the mean-square properties of the linearized Navier-Stokes equations. Such base flow variations enter the…
A kinetic-fluid model describing the evolutions of disperse two-phase flows is considered. The model consists of the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation for the particles (disperse phase) coupled with the compressible Navier-Stokes equations for…
Coherent structures are found in many different turbulent flows and are known to drive self-sustaining processes in wall turbulence. Identifying the triadic interactions which generate coherent structures can provide insights beyond what is…
A simple analytical model for a turbulent flow is proposed, which considers the flow as a collection of localized spatial structures that are composed of elementary "cells" in which the state of the particles (atoms or molecules) is…
A method for finding reduced-order approximations of turbulent flow models is presented. The method preserves bounds on the production of turbulent energy in the sense of the $\curly{L}_2$ norm of perturbations from a notional laminar…
We investigate the perturbation dynamics in a supersonic shear layer using a combination of large-eddy simulations (LES) and linear-operator-based input-output analysis. The flow consists of two streams-a main stream (Mach 1.23) and a…
The predictions of resolvent analysis for turbulent channel flow are evaluated for a friction Reynolds number of Retau = 550. In addition to the standard resolvent operator with kinematic viscosity, a resolvent operator augmented with the…
Modelling hydrodynamic lubrication is crucial in the design of engineering components as well as for a fundamental understanding of friction mechanisms. The cornerstone of thin-film flow modelling is the Reynolds equation -- a…
We use a method based on the lubrication approximation in conjunction with a residual-based mass-continuity iterative solution scheme to compute the flow rate and pressure field in distensible converging-diverging tubes for Navier-Stokes…