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A novel machine learning algorithm is presented, serving as a data-driven turbulence modeling tool for Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. This machine learning algorithm, called the Tensor Basis Random Forest (TBRF), is…

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This paper focusses on the optimal implementation of a Mean Variance Estimation network (MVE network) (Nix and Weigend, 1994). This type of network is often used as a building block for uncertainty estimation methods in a regression…

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations using turbulence models are commonly used in engineering design. Of the different turbulence modeling approaches that are available, eddy viscosity based models are the most common for their…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-24 Minghan Chu , Weicheng Qian

It is well known that the Boussinesq turbulent viscosity hypothesis can yield inaccurate predictions when complex f low features are involved, e.g. laminar-turbulent transition. The focus of the study is to explore the capability of a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-01 Minghan Chu , Xiaohua Wu , David E. Rival

Neural networks (NNs) are currently changing the computational paradigm on how to combine data with mathematical laws in physics and engineering in a profound way, tackling challenging inverse and ill-posed problems not solvable with…

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With the rapid advancement of machine learning techniques, the development and study of machine learning turbulence models have become increasingly prevalent. As a critical component of turbulence modeling, the constitutive relationship…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-28 Ziqi Ji , Penghao Duan , Gang Du

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

Predicting the evolution of turbulent flows is central across science and engineering. Most studies rely on simulations with turbulence models, whose empirical simplifications introduce epistemic uncertainty. The Eigenspace Perturbation…

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In operational weather models, the effects of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) on the resolved flow are modeled using turbulence parameterizations. These parameterizations typically use a predetermined set of model…

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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 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

Solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS) closed with an eddy viscosity computed through a turbulence model is still the leading approach for Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations. Unfortunately, universal models with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-18 Marco Castelletti , Maurizio Quadrio

In the turbulence modeling community, significant efforts have been made to quantify the uncertainties in the Reynolds-Averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) models and to improve their predictive capabilities. Of crucial importance in these…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-11 Heng Xiao , Jin-Long Wu , Jian-xun Wang , Eric G. Paterson

This study aims to enhance the generalizability of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models, which are crucial for engineering applications. Classic RANS turbulence models often struggle to predict separated flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Chenyu Wu , Shaoguang Zhang , Changxin Guo , Yufei Zhang

We present a new data-driven turbulence model for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations called $\nu_t$-Vector Basis Neural Network. This new model, grounded on the already existing Vector Basis Neural Network, predicts separately the…

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The present study represents a data-driven turbulent model with Galilean invariance preservation based on machine learning algorithm. The fully connected neural network (FCNN) and tensor basis neural network (TBNN) [Ling et al. (2016)] are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-11 Xuepeng Fu , Shixiao Fu , Chang Liu , Mengmeng Zhang , Qihan Hu

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…

High-fidelity scale-resolving simulations of turbulent flows quickly become prohibitively expensive, especially at high Reynolds numbers. As a remedy, we may use multifidelity models (MFM) to construct predictive models for flow quantities…

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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) in deep learning regression is of wide interest, as it supports critical applications including sequential decision making and risk-sensitive tasks. In heteroskedastic regression, where the uncertainty of the…

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This paper presents a machine learning methodology to improve the predictions of traditional RANS turbulence models in channel flows subject to strong variations in their thermophysical properties. The developed formulation contains several…

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