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A combination of methods originating from non-stationary timeseries analysis is applied to two datasets of near surface turbulence in order to gain insights on the non-stationary enhancement mechanism of intermittent turbulence in the…

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The turbulent boundary layer over a Gaussian shaped bump is computed by direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The two-dimensional bump causes a series of strong pressure gradients alternating in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-19 Riccardo Balin , Kenneth E. Jansen

We extend the data-assimilation approach of Ling and Lozano-Dur\'an (AIAA 2025-1280) to develop machine-learning-based subgrid-scale stress (SGS) models for large-eddy simulation (LES) that are consistent with the numerical scheme of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-29 Yuenong Ling , Adrián Lozano-Durán

This study focuses on developing a predictive model for mean velocity profiles and total shear stress profiles in turbulent boundary layers subjected to adverse pressure gradients, especially with history effects. A new scaling using…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-03 Zhengqin Shu , Chunxiao Xu

When turbulent boundary layer flows encounter abrupt roughness changes, an Internal Boundary Layer (IBL) forms. Equilibrium theory breaks down in the nonequilibrium IBL, which may extend O(10) km for natural atmospheric flows. Here, we find…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-12 Justin P. Cooke , George I. Park , Douglas J. Jerolmack , Paulo E. Arratia

The characteristics of complex turbulent boundary layers under adverse pressure gradients are assessed through well-resolved large-eddy simulations (LES) with the spectral-element code Nek5000. Two wing sections are analysed: a NACA0012 at…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-11 A. Tanarro , R. Vinuesa , P. Schlatter

The integration of interpretability and generalisability in data-driven turbulence modelling remains a fundamental challenge for computational fluid dynamics applications. This study yields a generalisable advancement of the $k$-$\omega$…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-02 Mario J. Rincón , Martino Reclari , Xiang I. A. Yang , Mahdi Abkar

Serrations are commonly employed to mitigate the turbulent boundary layer trailing-edge noise. However, significant discrepancies persist between model predictions and experimental observations. In this paper, we show that this results from…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-12-27 Haopeng Tian , Benshuai Lyu

The vectoral wind structure of daytime atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) turbulence is strongly dependent on the balance between shear-driven turbulence production of horizontal fluctuations (driven by winds at the mesoscale), and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-10 Balaji Jayaraman , James G. Brasseur

Direct numerical simulations of an accelerating turbulent boundary layer (TBL) over a smooth wall and a wall fully covered with streamwise-aligned riblets are performed to investigate drag modulation and its underlying mechanisms. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-27 Benjamin Savino , Wen Wu

The present study delineates the effects of pressure gradient history and local disequilibration on the small and large-scale energy in turbulent boundary layers (TBLs) imposed with a broad range of adverse-pressure-gradients (APG). This is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Atharva Mahajan , Rahul Deshpande , Taygun R. Gungor , Yvan Maciel , Ricardo Vinuesa

The stable boundary layer (SBL) subjected to large-scale subsidence is studied through large-eddy simulations (LESs) with fixed surface temperature and a linear subsidence velocity profile. These boundary layers reach a truly steady state,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-18 Thijs Bon , Raúl Bayoán Cal , Johan Meyers

A numerical investigation of two locally applied drag reducing control schemes is carried out in the configuration of a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer (TBL). One control is designed to damp near-wall turbulence and the other…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-03 A. Stroh , Y. Hasegawa , P. Schlatter , B. Frohnapfel

This paper presents a novel methodology for the direct numerical modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. The kinetic model equation is firstly extended to turbulent flow with the account of coupled evolution of kinetic, thermal, and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Xiaojian Yang , Kun Xu

Historically, meteorological and climate studies have been prompted by the need for understanding precipitation to have better logistics in food production. Despite all efforts, nonlinearity in atmosphere dynamics is still a source of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Carla Victoria Valencia-Negrete

Non-equilibrium wall turbulence with mean-flow three-dimensionality is ubiquitous in geophysical and engineering flows. Under these conditions, turbulence may experience a counter-intuitive depletion of the turbulent stresses, which has…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-08 Adrián Lozano-Durán , Marco Giometto , George I. Park , Parviz Moin

The effect of a moderate adverse pressure gradient (APG) on the structure of a high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layer (TBL) was investigated experimentally using complementary multi-point measurements. Unlike many previous studies,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-22 Mitchell Lozier , Ahmad Zarei , Ivan Marusic , Rahul Deshpande

We study thermally activated, low temperature equilibrium dynamics of elastic systems pinned by disorder using one loop functional renormalization group (FRG). Through a series of increasingly complete approximations, we investigate how the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Leon Balents , Pierre Le Doussal

We elucidate the universal scaling and multiscaling properties of the nonequilibrium steady states (NESS) in a driven symmetric binary fluid (SBF) mixture in its homogeneous miscible phase in three dimensions (3d). We show, for the first…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-10-04 Samriddhi Sankar Ray , Abhik Basu

This study investigates the spatial evolution of a zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layer (TBL) imposed by a square-wave (SqW) of steady spanwise wall-forcing, which varies along the streamwise direction ($x$). The SqW wall-forcing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-11 Max W. Knoop , Rahul Deshpande , Ferry F. J. Schrijer , Bas W. van Oudheusden