[HTML][HTML] High-fidelity simulations in complex geometries: Towards better flow understanding and development of turbulence models

R Vinuesa - Results in Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The present review shows a summary of current trends in high-fidelity simulations of
turbulent flows in moderately complex geometries. These trends are put in the historical …

[HTML][HTML] A new perspective on skin-friction contributions in adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

M Atzori, F Mallor, R Pozuelo, K Fukagata… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
For adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers, the study of integral skin-friction
contributions still poses significant challenges. Beyond questions related to the integration …

[HTML][HTML] The TU Wien Turbulent Water Channel: Flow control loop and three-dimensional reconstruction of anisotropic particle dynamics

V Giurgiu, GCA Caridi, M Alipour, M De Paoli… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A horizontal water channel facility was built to study particle dynamics in a turbulent flow.
The channel is sufficiently long to produce fully developed turbulence at the test section, and …

Investigation of Sidewall and Reynolds Number Effects in a Ribbed Square Duct

T Santese, D Martinez-Sanchis, A Sternin… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a comprehensive three-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS)
investigation of flow characteristics over a roughened wall in a duct, exploring bulk Reynolds …

A fast and scalable computational topology framework for the Euler characteristic

DJ Laky, VM Zavala - Digital Discovery, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The Euler characteristic (EC) is a powerful topological descriptor that can be used to quantify
the shape of data objects that are represented as fields/manifolds. Fast methods for …

DNS vs. LES: Turbulent flow in square duct with heated foil boundary

J Kren, B Mikuž, I Tiselj - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
Turbulent heat transfer in a square duct, where a finite section of a single duct boundary is
heated with an infinitely thin foil, was analyzed with LES and DNS approaches. Both …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential and Parallel Algorithms to Compute Turbulent Coherent Structures

S Gandía-Barberá, A Cremades, R Vinuesa, S Hoyas… - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The behavior of turbulent flows remains a significant unsolved problem in physics. Recently,
a large quantity of effort has been directed toward understanding the non-linear interactions …

Effect of ducts on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers

Y Liu, Q Gong, Y Bian, Q Suo - Engineering Computations, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Hydrodynamic forces and efficiency of bare propeller and ducted propellers with a
wide range of advance ratio (J) and attack angle (θ) are examined. The thrust and torque …

The route to turbulence in magnetohydrodynamic square duct flow

M Brynjell-Rahkola, Y Duguet, T Boeck - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.07779, 2025 - arxiv.org
The transition route from laminar to turbulent flow in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) duct
with a square cross-section is investigated in the limit of low magnetic Reynolds number. In …

Linear and nonlinear Granger causality analysis of turbulent duct flows

B Lopez-Doriga, M Atzori, R Vinuesa… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This research focuses on the identification and causality analysis of coherent structures that
arise in turbulent flows in square and rectangular ducts. Coherent structures are first …