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In this paper, a novel zonal machine learning (ML) approach for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence modelling based on the divide-and-conquer technique is introduced. This approach involves partitioning the flow domain into…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-08-27 Anthony Man , Mohammad Jadidi , Amir Keshmiri , Hujun Yin , Yasser Mahmoudi

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

Data-driven methods for improving turbulence modeling in Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations have gained significant interest in the computational fluid dynamics community. Modern machine learning algorithms have opened up a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-05 Nicholas Geneva , Nicholas Zabaras

The modified Townsend-Perry attached eddy model of Vassilicos et al (2015) combines the outer peak/plateau behaviour of rms streamwise turbulence velocity profiles and the Townsend-Perry log-decay of these profiles at higher distances from…

Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are presently one of the most popular models for simulating turbulence. Performing RANS simulation requires additional modeling for the anisotropic Reynolds stress tensor, but traditional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-02 Rui Fang , David Sondak , Pavlos Protopapas , Sauro Succi

The pressure strain correlation plays a critical role in the Reynolds stress transport modelling. Accurate modelling of the pressure strain correlation leads to proper prediction of turbulence stresses and subsequently the other terms of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-02 J P Panda , H V Warrior

Despite their well-known limitations, RANS models remain the most commonly employed tool for modeling turbulent flows in engineering practice. RANS models are predicated on the solution of the RANS equations, but these equations involve an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-04-22 Eric L. Peters , Riccardo Balin , Kenneth E. Jansen , Alireza Doostan , John A. Evans

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…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-04-20 Mikael L. A. Kaandorp , Richard P. Dwight

This paper presents numerical simulations of a bichromatic wave group propagating and breaking over a fixed breaker bar. The simulations are performed using a newly stabilized Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) two-equation turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-10-29 B. E. Larsen , D. A. van der A. , J. van der Zanden , G. Ruessink , D. R. Fuhrman

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

With the rising of modern data science, data--driven turbulence modeling with the aid of machine learning algorithms is becoming a new promising field. Many approaches are able to achieve better Reynolds stress prediction, with much lower…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-19 Xianwen Guo , Zhenhua Xia , Heng Xiao , Jinlong Wu , Shiyi Chen

This article proposes a Reynolds number scaling of the required grid points to perform wall-modeled LES of turbulent flows encountering separation off a solid surface. Based on comparisons between the various time scales in a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-02 Rahul Agrawal , Sanjeeb Bose , Parviz Moin

Computational fluid dynamics using the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) remains the most cost-effective approach to study wake flows and power losses in wind farms. The underlying assumptions associated with turbulence closures are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-03 Ali Eidi , Navid Zehtabiyan-Rezaie , Reza Ghiassi , Xiang Yang , Mahdi Abkar

This work proposes a data-driven explicit algebraic stress-based detached-eddy simulation (DES) method. Despite the widespread use of data-driven methods in model development for both Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) and large-eddy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-14 Hao-Chen Liu , Zifei Yin , Xin-Lei Zhang , Guowei He

Using the Lagrangian transport analysis for the turbulence momentum, the Reynolds stress gradient can be expressed as a function of the local momentum flux and force terms. From this perspective of an observer moving at the local mean…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-09 T. W. Lee , J. E. Park

Reynolds-averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) simulations with turbulence closure models continue to play important roles in industrial flow simulations. However, the commonly used linear eddy viscosity models are intrinsically unable to handle…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-05-22 Jin-Long Wu , Heng Xiao , Rui Sun , Qiqi Wang

We introduce a novel approach to derive compressibility corrections for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models. Using this approach, we derive variable-property corrections for wall-bounded flows that take into account the distinct…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-17 Asif Manzoor Hasan , Alex Jose Elias , Florian Menter , Rene Pecnik

A Finite-Volume based POD-Galerkin reduced order modeling strategy for steady-state Reynolds averaged Navier--Stokes (RANS) simulation is extended for low-Prandtl number flow. The reduced order model is based on a full order model for which…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-08-04 Kelbij Star , Giovanni Stabile , Gianluigi Rozza , Joris Degroote

Fan-array wind generators (FAWGs) provide controlled turbulent inflow conditions that cannot be reproduced in conventional wind tunnels. Despite their increasing use in experimental studies, numerical modeling of FAWG-generated flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-22 M. Hosein Niroomand , Utku Şentürk

Most of the turbulence models in practice are based on the assumption of a linear relation between Reynolds stresses and mean flow strain rates which generally provides a good approximation in case of attached and fully turbulent flows. A…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-01 Alok Mishra , Gaurav Kumar , Ashoke De