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We analyze the energy flux in compressible turbulence by generalizing the exact decomposition recently proposed by Johnson (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 124, 2020. 104501) to study incompressible turbulent flows. This allows us to characterize…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Chensheng Luo , Le Fang , Jian Fang , Haitao Xu , Alain Pumir , Ping-Fan Yang

The flux of turbulent kinetic energy from large to small spatial scales is measured in a small domain B of varying size R. The probability distribution function of the flux is obtained using a time-local version of Kolmogorov's four-fifths…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mahesh Bandi , Walter Goldburg , John Cressman , Alain Pumir

We extend to multi-dimensions the work of [1], where new fully explicit kinetic methods were built for the approximation of linear and non-linear convection-diffusion problems. The fundamental principles from the earlier work are retained:…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Gauthier Wissocq , Rémi Abgrall

Turbulent flow past an equilateral triangular cylinder with splitter plate inserted downstream is numerically tested for different gap ratios (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2) and plate dimensions (0, 1, 1.5) on the flow field and heat transfer…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-28 Smruti Ranjan Jena , Amit Kumar Naik , Amaresh Dalal , Ganesh Natarajan

In this paper, two approaches for modeling three-component fluid flows using diffusive interface method are discussed. Thermodynamic consistency of the proposed models is preserved when using an energetic variational framework to derive the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Arkadz Kirshtein , James Brannick , Chun Liu

We present an experimental study of a turbulent von K\'arm\'an flow produced in a cylindrical container using two propellers. The mean flow is stationary up to $Re = 10^4$, where a bifurcation takes place. The new regime breaks some…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-01-30 Alberto de la Torre , Javier Burguete

This article is an invitation. It is, first, an invitation to consider as a subject worthy of attention the wide range of situations where small discrete elements, either bubbles, droplets or solid particles, are embedded in turbulent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-06 Jean-Pierre Minier , Christophe Henry

Turbulence, left unforced, decays and invades the surrounding quiescent fluid. Though ubiquitous, this simple phenomenon has proven hard to capture within a simple and general framework. Experiments in conventional turbulent flow chambers…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-30 Takumi Matsuzawa , Minhui Zhu , Nigel Goldenfeld , William T. M. Irvine

We propose thermodynamically consistent models for viscoelastic fluids with a stress diffusion term. In particular, we derive variants of compressible/incompressible Maxwell/Oldroyd-B models with a stress diffusion term in the evolution…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-14 Josef Málek , Vít Průša , Tomáš Skřivan , Endre Süli

In this work, we aimed to replicate and extend the results presented in the DiffFluid paper[1]. The DiffFluid model showed that diffusion models combined with Transformers are capable of predicting fluid dynamics. It uses a denoising…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-14 Yannick Gachnang , Vismay Churiwala

A Smoluchowski type model of coagulation in a turbulent fluid is given, first expressed by means of a stochastic model, then in a suitable scaling limit as a deterministic model with enhanced diffusion in the velocity component. A precise…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-15 Franco Flandoli , Ruojun Huang , Andrea Papini

An analytical framework for turbulent channel flow is developed based on the Alexeev hydrodynamic equations, focusing on the coupled behavior of streamwise and transverse velocity components. The mean streamwise velocity is represented as a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-07 Alex Fedoseyev

Hydraulic jumps are oftentimes encountered in natural and human-made environments. The transition from supercritical to subcritical flow involves large energy dissipation rates and substantial air entrainment, preventing the use of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-26 Matthias Kramer , Daniel Valero

A vibrational model of transport properties of dense fluids assumes that solid-like oscillations of atoms around their temporary equilibrium positions dominate the dynamical picture. The temporary equilibrium positions of atoms do not form…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-09 Sergey Khrapak

The Kolmogorov flow provides an ideal instance of a virtual channel flow: It has no boundaries, but nevertheless it possesses well defined mean flow in each half-wavelength. We exploit this remarkable feature for the purpose of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-18 S. Musacchio , G. Boffetta

The separating and reattaching turbulent flow past a rectangular cylinder is studied to describe how small and large scales contribute to the sustaining mechanism of the velocity fluctuations. The work is based on the Anisotropic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-24 Alessandro Chiarini , Davide Gatti , Andrea Cimarelli , Maurizio Quadrio

The feedback forces exerted by particles suspended in a turbulent flow is shown to lead to a new scaling law for velocity fluctuations associated to a power-spectra $\propto k^{-2}$. The mechanism at play relies on a direct transfer of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-02-23 Jérémie Bec , François Laenen , Stefano Musacchio

Considered here is the derivation of partial differential equations arising in pulsatile flow in pipes with viscoelastic walls. The equations are asymptotic models describing the propagation of long-crested pulses in pipes with cylindrical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-20 Dimitrios Mitsotakis , Denys Dutykh , Qian Li , Elijah Peach

This paper experimentally analyzes the simultaneous influence of heat release and coherent vortex structures on the transfer of kinetic energy across scales around the laminar flame thickness $\delta^0_\mathrm{L}$ in a turbulent premixed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-06 Askar Kazbekov , Adam M. Steinberg

In the present work, we first introduce a general framework for modelling complex multiscale fluids and then focus on the derivation and analysis of a new hybrid continuum-kinetic model. In particular, we combine conservation of mass and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 A. Chertock , P. Degond , G. Dimarco , M. Lukáčova-Medvid'ová , A. Ruhi