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The study presents wall-modeled large-eddy simulations (LES) characterizing the flow features of a neutral atmospheric boundary layer over two urban-like roughness geometries: an array of three-dimensional square prisms and the…

By combining AI and fluid physics, we discover a closed-form closure for 2D turbulence from small direct numerical simulation (DNS) data. Large-eddy simulation (LES) with this closure is accurate and stable, reproducing DNS statistics…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Karan Jakhar , Yifei Guan , Pedram Hassanzadeh

A closure model is presented for large-eddy simulation (LES) based on the three-dimensional variational data assimilation algorithm. The approach aims at reconstructing high-fidelity kinetic energy spectra in coarse numerical simulations by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-02 Sagy Ephrati , Arnout Franken , Erwin Luesink , Paolo Cifani , Bernard Geurts

This study presents a systematic validation and comparative assessment of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) strategies for centrifugal blood pump simulations using the U.S. Food and Drug Administration benchmark model. A scale-resolving…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-20 Xuanming Huang , Chi Ding , Yujie Sun , Shidi Huang , Andrea Cioncolini , Damiano Padovani , Ju Liu

In-cylinder flow structures and turbulence characteristics are investigated using direct numerical simulations (DNS) in a laboratory-scale engine at technically relevant engine speeds (1500 and 2500 rpm at full load). The data is computed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-05 Bogdan A. Danciu , George K. Giannakopoulos , Mathis Bode , Christos E. Frouzakis

Despite well-known limitations of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations, this methodology remains the most widely used tool for predicting many turbulent flows, due to computational efficiency. Machine learning is a promising…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-14 Ryley McConkey , Eugene Yee , Fue-Sang Lien

In this article, we utilize machine learning to dynamically determine if a point on the computational grid requires implicit numerical dissipation for large eddy simulation (LES). The decision making process is learnt through \emph{a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-07 Romit Maulik , Omer San , Jamey D Jacob

Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of gyrokinetic plasma turbulence are investigated as interesting candidates to decrease the computational cost. A dynamic procedure is implemented in the GENE code, allowing for dynamic optimization of the free…

Computationally resolving turbulence remains a central challenge in fluid dynamics due to its multi-scale interactions. Fully resolving large-scale turbulence through direct numerical simulation (DNS) is computationally prohibitive,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Yiheng Du , Aditi S. Krishnapriyan

We present a study of spectral laws for helical turbulence in the presence of solid body rotation up to Reynolds numbers Re~1*10^5 and down to Rossby numbers Ro~3*10^-3. The forcing function is a fully helical flow that can also be viewed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-12-18 J. Baerenzung , D. Rosenberg , P. D. Mininni , A. Pouquet

Over the last years, supervised learning (SL) has established itself as the state-of-the-art for data-driven turbulence modeling. In the SL paradigm, models are trained based on a dataset, which is typically computed a priori from a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-23 Marius Kurz , Philipp Offenhäuser , Andrea Beck

The effect of grid resolution on large eddy simulation (LES) of wall-bounded turbulent flow is investigated. A channel flow simulation campaign involving systematic variation of the streamwise ($\Delta x$) and spanwise ($\Delta z$) grid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-23 Saleh Rezaeiravesh , Mattias Liefvendahl

Large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulence in complex geometries and domains is often conducted with high aspect ratio resolution cells of varying shapes and orientations. The effects of such anisotropic resolution are often simplified or…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-11-20 Sigfried Haering , Myoungkyu Lee , Robert D. Moser

Large eddy simulations (LES) are a powerful tool in understanding processes that are inaccessible by direct simulations due to their complexity, for example, in the highly turbulent regime. However, their accuracy and success depends on a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-27 Philipp Grete , Dimitar G Vlaykov , Wolfram Schmidt , Dominik R G Schleicher

Deep learning is increasingly becoming a promising pathway to improving the accuracy of sub-grid scale (SGS) turbulence closure models for large eddy simulations (LES). We leverage the concept of differentiable turbulence, whereby an…

Large-eddy simulation (LES) is a well-established numerical technique, which resolves the most energetic turbulent fluctuations in the planetary boundary layers. Averaging these fluctuations, high-quality profiles of mean values and…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor N. Esau , Oyvind Byrkjedal

Numerical simulations of atmospheric circulation models are limited by their finite spatial resolution, and so large eddy simulation (LES) is the preferred approach to study these models. In LES a low-pass filter is applied to the flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-27 Leila N. Azadani , Anne E. Staples

In this review, the methodology of large eddy simulations (LES) is introduced and applications in astrophysics are discussed. As theoretical framework, the scale decomposition of the dynamical equations for neutral fluids by means of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-10 Wolfram Schmidt

The present study gives an overview and emphasizes principal moments of the applications of the turbulence-resolving modeling with large-eddy simulation (LES) numerical technique to planetary boundary layer (PBL) research and climate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-07-02 Igor Esau

In high Reynolds number turbulent flows, energy dissipation refers to the process of energy transfer from kinetic energy to internal energy due to molecular viscosity. In large eddy simulation (LES) with one-equation turbulence models, the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-22 Hongjiang Li , Christopher J. Rutland , Francisco E. Hernandez Perez , Hong G. Im