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In this paper, a meshfree method using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) is developed for solving two-phase flow problems with moving interfaces, where two immiscible fluids bearing different material properties, are separated by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Qijia Zhai , Pengtao Sun , Xiaoping Xie , Xingwen Zhu , Chen-Song Zhang

PINN models have demonstrated capabilities in addressing fluid PDE problems, and their potential in solid mechanics is beginning to emerge. This study identifies two key challenges when using PINN to solve general solid mechanics problems.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Haolin Li , Yuyang Miao , Zahra Sharif Khodaei , M. H. Aliabadi

With this study we investigate the accuracy of deep learning models for the inference of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solutions. We focus on a modernized U-net architecture, and evaluate a large number of trained neural networks with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Nils Thuerey , Konstantin Weissenow , Lukas Prantl , Xiangyu Hu

An a priori reduced order method based on the proper generalised decomposition (PGD) is proposed to compute parametric solutions involving turbulent incompressible flows of interest in an industrial context, using OpenFOAM. The PGD…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 Vasileios Tsiolakis , Matteo Giacomini , Ruben Sevilla , Carsten Othmer , Antonio Huerta

Recently, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a flexible and promising application of deep learning to partial differential equations in the physical sciences. While offering strong performance and competitive inference…

Computational modeling of aerodynamics is a key problem in aerospace engineering, often involving flows interacting with solid objects such as airfoils. Deep surrogate models have emerged as purely data-driven approaches that learn direct…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Jacob Helwig , Xuan Zhang , Haiyang Yu , Shuiwang Ji

The state of turbulent, minimal-channel flow is estimated from spatio-temporal sparse observations of the velocity, using both a physics-informed neural network (PINN) and adjoint-variational data assimilation (4DVar). The performance of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Yifan Du , Mengze Wang , Tamer A. Zaki

Numerical models based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are widely used in engineering turbulence modeling. However, the RANS predictions have large model-form uncertainties for many complex flows. Quantification of these…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Jian-Xun Wang , Rui Sun , Heng Xiao

In this study, fluid flow and concentration distribution inside a 3D T-shaped micromixer with various fin shapes and configurations are investigated using a Flexible Physics-Informed Neural Network (FlexPINN), which includes modifications…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-24 Meraj Hassanzadeh , Ehsan Ghaderi , Mohamad Ali Bijarchi

The objective of this work is to assess the impact of parameter uncertainty on hypersonic aerothermal surface heating predictions in Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations using non-intrusive uncertainty quantification (UQ)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-28 Jeremy Redding , Nick Plewacki , Himakar Ganti , Luis Bravo , Prashant Khare

Unsteady laminar vortex shedding over a circular cylinder is predicted using a deep learning technique, a generative adversarial network (GAN), with a particular emphasis on elucidating the potential of learning the solution of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-12-22 Sangseung Lee , Donghyun You

Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models (such as k-\epsilon models) are still widely used for engineering applications because of their relatively simplicity and robustness. In fully developed plane channel flow (i.e. the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-12-01 Najla El Gharbi , Rafik Absi , Ahmed Benzaoui

Though PINNs (physics-informed neural networks) are now deemed as a complement to traditional CFD (computational fluid dynamics) solvers rather than a replacement, their ability to solve the Navier-Stokes equations without given data is…

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In complex, expensive optimization domains we often narrowly focus on finding high performing solutions, instead of expanding our understanding of the domain itself. But what if we could quickly understand the complex behaviors that can…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Alexander Hagg , Dominik Wilde , Alexander Asteroth , Thomas Bäck

Sensing the fluid flow around an arbitrary geometry entails extrapolating from the physical quantities perceived at its surface in order to reconstruct the features of the surrounding fluid. This is a challenging inverse problem, yet one…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Gregory Duthé , Imad Abdallah , Sarah Barber , Eleni Chatzi

Accurate prediction of rarefied gas dynamics is crucial for optimizing flows through microelectromechanical systems, air filtration devices, and shale gas extraction. Traditional methods, such as discrete velocity and direct simulation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-24 Jean-Michel Tucny , Marco Lauricella , Mihir Durve , Gianmarco Guglielmo , Andrea Montessori , Sauro Succi

Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN) has evolved into a powerful tool for solving partial differential equations, which has been applied to various fields such as energy, environment, en-gineering, etc. When utilizing PINN to solve…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-27 Zijie Su , Yunpu Liu , Sheng Pan , Zheng Li , Changyu Shen

This paper describes a study based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and deep neural networks that focusing on predicting the flow field in differently distorted U-shaped pipes. The main motivation of this work was to get an insight…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Gergely Hajgató , Bálint Gyires-Tóth , György Paál

In complex engineering systems such as electro-thermal-fluid coupling, rapid and accurate prediction of multi-physics fields is essential for advanced applications like digital twins and real-time condition monitoring. Traditional numerical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Baitong Zhou , Ze Tao , Fujun Liu , Xuan Fang

The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach remains a backbone for turbulence modeling due to its high cost-effectiveness. Its accuracy is largely based on a reliable Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor closure model. There has been…