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We present direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of bypass transition over a flat plate with inlet freestream turbulence intensity levels of 0.75%, 1.5%, 2.25%, 3.0%, and 6.0%, respectively. A new definition of the transition intermittency is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-28 Carlos A. Gonzalez , Rahul Agrawal , Xiaohua Wu

A machine-learned (ML) model is developed to enhance the accuracy of turbulence transport equations of Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) solver and applied for periodic hill test case, which involves complex flow regimes, such as…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-24 Shanti Bhushan , Greg W. Burgreen , Wesley Brewer , Ian D. Dettwiller

Modeled Reynolds stress is a major source of model-form uncertainties in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. Recently, a physics-informed machine-learning (PIML) approach has been proposed for reconstructing the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-07-23 Jian-Xun Wang , Junji Huang , Lian Duan , Heng Xiao

In this short note we apply the recently proposed data-driven RANS closure modelling framework of Schmelzer et al. (2020) to fully three-dimensional, high Reynolds number flows: namely wall-mounted cubes and cuboids at Re=40,000, and a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-10-23 Jasper P. Huijing , Richard P. Dwight , Martin Schmelzer

Modeling of turbulent flows is still challenging. One way to deal with the large scale separation due to turbulence is to simulate only the large scales and model the unresolved contributions as done in large-eddy simulation (LES). This…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-03 Mathis Bode , Michael Gauding , Konstantin Kleinheinz , Heinz Pitsch

Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models are widely used for turbulent flow simulations due to their computational efficiency, but their accuracy strongly depends on the selected turbulence closure and may vary across the flow domain.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Piero Zappi , Anna Ivagnes , Niccolò Tonicello , Gianluigi Rozza

This study presents a novel approach for enhancing Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence modeling through the application of a Relative Importance Term Analysis (RITA) methodology to develop a new zonally-augmented $k-\omega$…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-26 Tyler Buchanan , Monica Lăcătuş , Alastair West , Richard P. Dwight

The simulation of fluid flows is computationally expensive due to the complexity of its governing partial differential equations. Machine learning models offer a potential surrogate, enabling learning from simulations and significantly…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Mahdi Naderibeni , Liang Wu , David M. J. Tax

Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent flows is computationally expensive and cannot be applied to flows with large Reynolds numbers. Large eddy simulation (LES) is an alternative that is computationally less demanding, but is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-09 Shengyu Chen , Shervin Sammak , Peyman Givi , Joseph P. Yurko1 , Xiaowei Jia

The precise simulation of turbulent flows holds immense significance across various scientific and engineering domains, including climate science, freshwater science, and energy-efficient manufacturing. Within the realm of simulating…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-31 Shengyu Chen , Peyman Givi , Can Zheng , Xiaowei Jia

Turbulent flows have high requirements for very fine meshes near the boundary to ensure accuracy. In the context of topology optimization (TO), such fine meshes become unrealistic and common approaches are hampered by low accuracy and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-06 Amirhossein Bayat , Hao Li , Joe Alexandersen

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…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-28 Rafael Diez Sanhueza , Stephan Smit , Jurriaan Peeters , Rene Pecnik

A promising and cost-effective method for numerical simulation of high Re wall-bounded flows is wall-modeled large-eddy simulation. Most wall models are formulated from the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS). These RANS-based…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-08 Ahmed Elnahhas , Adrián Lozano-Durán , Parviz Moin

Achievement of solutions in Navier-Stokes equation is one of challenging quests, especially for its closure problem. For achievement of particular solutions, there are variety of numerical simulations including Direct Numerical Simulation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-13 Jinu Lee , Sangseung Lee , Donghyun You

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

Data-driven turbulence modeling is a newly emerged research area in thermal hydraulics simulation of nuclear power plant (NPP). The most common CFD method used in NPP thermal hydraulics simulation is Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-05-04 Yangmo Zhu , Nam Dinh

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

We present a deep learning-based reduced order model (DL-ROM) for predicting the fluid forces and unsteady vortex patterns. We consider flow past a sphere to examine the accuracy of our DL-ROM predictions. The proposed methodology relies on…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-06 Rachit Gupta , Rajeev Jaiman

We present a data-driven framework for turbulence modeling, applied to flow prediction in the FDA nozzle. In this study, the standard RANS equations have been modified using an implicit-explicit hybrid approach. New variables were…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-02 Hossein Geshani , Mehrdad Raisee Dehkordi , Masoud Shariat Panahi

The high dimensionality and complex dynamics of turbulent flows remain an obstacle to the discovery and implementation of control strategies. Deep reinforcement learning (RL) is a promising avenue for overcoming these obstacles, but…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-31 Alec J. Linot , Kevin Zeng , Michael D. Graham