Simple computational strategies for more effective physics-informed neural networks modeling of turbulent natural convection

D Lucor, A Agrawal, A Sergent - Journal of Computational Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The high expressivity and agility of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) make them
promising candidates for full fluid flow PDE modeling. An important question is whether this …

Data-driven modeling of the chaotic thermal convection in an annular thermosyphon

JC Loiseau - Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Identifying accurate and yet interpretable low-order models from data has gained a renewed
interest over the past decade. In the present work, we illustrate how the combined use of …

Physics-aware deep neural networks for surrogate modeling of turbulent natural convection

D Lucor, A Agrawal, A Sergent - arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.03565, 2021 - arxiv.org
Recent works have explored the potential of machine learning as data-driven turbulence
closures for RANS and LES techniques. Beyond these advances, the high expressivity and …

Correlation of internal flow structure with heat transfer efficiency in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

A Xu, X Chen, F Wang, HD Xi - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
To understand how internal flow structures manifest themselves in the global heat transfer,
we study the correlation between different flow modes and the instantaneous Nusselt …

Three-dimensional flow structures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at low Prandtl number Pr= 0.03

T Wondrak, M Sieger, R Mitra, F Schindler… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional flow structures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection at low Prandtl
number Pr = 0.03 Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2023), vol. 974, A48, doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.794 …

Enhanced heat transfer and reduced flow reversals in turbulent thermal convection with an obstructed centre

YZ Li, X Chen, HD Xi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
We report an experimental study about the effect of an obstructed centre on heat transport
and flow reversal by inserting an adiabatic cylinder at the centre of a quasi-two-dimensional …

Tristable flow states and reversal of the large-scale circulation in two-dimensional circular convection cells

A Xu, X Chen, HD Xi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
We present a numerical study of the flow states and reversals of the large-scale circulation
(LSC) in a two-dimensional circular Rayleigh–Bénard cell. Long-time direct numerical …

Flow state transition induced by emergence of orbiting satellite eddies in two-dimensional turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

ZY Gao, X Tao, SD Huang, Y Bao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We report a numerical investigation of a previously noticed but less explored flow state
transition in two-dimensional turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection. The simulations are …

Stabilizing/destabilizing the large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection with sidewall temperature control

S Zhang, X Chen, Z Xia, HD Xi, Q Zhou… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we designed two different configurations with locally isothermal sidewalls,
where the temperature is set to be the bulk temperature, to control the large-scale circulation …

Counter-flow orbiting of the vortex centre in turbulent thermal convection

YZ Li, X Chen, A Xu, HD Xi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Counter-flow orbiting of the vortex centre in turbulent thermal convection Page 1 J. Fluid Mech.
(2022), vol. 935, A19, doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.11 Counter-flow orbiting of the vortex centre in …