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Turbulent-flow control aims to develop strategies that effectively manipulate fluid systems, such as the reduction of drag in transportation and enhancing energy efficiency, both critical steps towards reducing global CO$_2$ emissions. Deep…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-25 Miguel Beneitez , Andres Cremades , Luca Guastoni , Ricardo Vinuesa

We introduce a reinforcement learning (RL) environment to design and benchmark control strategies aimed at reducing drag in turbulent fluid flows enclosed in a channel. The environment provides a framework for computationally-efficient,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-02-09 L. Guastoni , J. Rabault , P. Schlatter , H. Azizpour , R. Vinuesa

In this paper, a turbulence model based on deep neural network is developed for turbulent flow around airfoil at high Reynolds numbers. According to the data got from the Spalart-Allmaras (SA) turbulence model, we build a neural network…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-11-29 Xuxiang Sun , Wenbo Cao , Yilang Liu , Linyang Zhu , Weiwei Zhang

The present study proposes an active flow control (AFC) approach based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to optimize the performance of multiple plasma actuators on a square cylinder. The investigation aims to modify the control inputs…

We combine three-dimensional (3D) large-eddy simulations (LES) and resolvent analysis to design active separation control techniques on a NACA 0012 airfoil. Spanwise-periodic flows over the airfoil at a chord-based Reynolds number of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-05-01 Chi-An Yeh , Kunihiko Taira

This paper presents for the first time successful results of active flow control with multiple independently controlled zero-net-mass-flux synthetic jets. The jets are placed on a three-dimensional cylinder along its span with the aim of…

This study computes the optimal normal actuation on the surface of a NACA0012 airfoil at an angle of attack of 15{\deg} and a Reynolds number of Re = 1000, using costs defined for minimal drag and maximal lift. To allow for a general…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-07 Ernold Thompson , Andres Goza

This study investigates active flow control in two-dimensional flows at a Reynolds number of 100 using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). We utilize DRL to develop flow control strategies that enhance energy efficiency and minimize energy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-22 Wang Jia , Hang Xu

Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) method will still play a vital role in the following several decade in aerospace engineering. Although RANS models are widely used, empiricism and large discrepancies between models reduce the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-05 Weiwei Zhang , Linyang Zhu , Yilang Liu , Jiaqing Kou

The present study applies a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm to Active Flow Control (AFC) of a two-dimensional flow around a confined square cylinder. Specifically, the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm is employed to modulate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-27 Wang Jia , Hang Xu

This study explores the application of deep reinforcement learning (RL) to design an airfoil pitch controller capable of minimizing lift variations in randomly disturbed flows. The controller, treated as an agent in a partially observable…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-03 Diederik Beckers , Jeff D. Eldredge

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is employed to develop control strategies for drag reduction in direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent channel flows at high Reynolds numbers. The DRL agent uses near-wall streamwise velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-19 Zisong Zhou , Mengqi Zhang , Xiaojue Zhu

Aerial operation in turbulent environments is a challenging problem due to the chaotic behavior of the flow. This problem is made even more complex when a team of aerial robots is trying to achieve coordinated motion in turbulent wind…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Diego Patiño , Siddharth Mayya , Juan Calderon , Kostas Daniilidis , David Saldaña

In this paper, we discuss selected adjoint approaches for the turbulent flow control. In particular, we focus on the application of adjoint solvers for the scope of noise reduction, in which flow solutions are obtained by large eddy and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Emre Özkaya , Nicolas R. Gauger , Daniel Marinc , Holger Foysi

We investigate drag reduction mechanisms in flows past two- and three-dimensional cylinders controlled by surface actuators using deep reinforcement learning. We investigate 2D and 3D flows at Reynolds numbers up to 8,000 and 4,000,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-06 Michail Chatzimanolakis , Pascal Weber , Petros Koumoutsakos

We present a data-driven feedforward control to attenuate large transient lift experienced by an airfoil disturbed by an extreme level of discrete vortex gust. The current analysis uses a nonlinear machine-learning technique to compress the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-18 Kai Fukami , Hiroya Nakao , Kunihiko Taira

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has recently been proposed as a methodology to discover complex Active Flow Control (AFC) strategies [Rabault, J., Kuchta, M., Jensen, A., Reglade, U., & Cerardi, N. (2019): "Artificial neural networks…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Jean Rabault , Alexander Kuhnle

In this paper, prediction of airfoil shape from targeted pressure distribution (suction and pressure sides) and vice versa is demonstrated using both Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) techniques. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Anantram Patel , Nikhil Mogre , Mandar Mane , Jayavardhan Reddy Enumula , Vijay Kumar Sutrakar

Active flow control for drag reduction with reinforcement learning (RL) is performed in the wake of a 2D square bluff body at laminar regimes with vortex shedding. Controllers parameterised by neural networks are trained to drive two…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-17 Chengwei Xia , Junjie Zhang , Eric C. Kerrigan , Georgios Rigas

The real power of artificial intelligence appears in reinforcement learning, which is computationally and physically more sophisticated due to its dynamic nature. Rotation and injection are some of the proven ways in active flow control for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-02 Kamyar Dobakhti , Jafar Ghazanfarian