[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning for wind-farm flow control: Current state and future actions

M Abkar, N Zehtabiyan-Rezaie, A Iosifidis - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind-farm flow control stands at the forefront of grand challenges in wind-energy science.
The central issue is that current algorithms are based on simplified models and, thus, fall …

Fast aerodynamics prediction of laminar airfoils based on deep attention network

K Zuo, Z Ye, W Zhang, X Yuan, L Zhu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The traditional method for obtaining aerodynamic parameters of airfoils by solving Navier–
Stokes equations is a time-consuming computing task. In this article, a novel data-driven …

Frozen propagation of Reynolds force vector from high-fidelity data into Reynolds-averaged simulations of secondary flows

A Amarloo, P Forooghi, M Abkar - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Successful propagation of information from high-fidelity sources (ie, direct numerical
simulations and large-eddy simulations) into Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) …

Data-enabled recalibration of the Spalart–Allmaras model

Y Bin, G Huang, XIA Yang - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
We use experimental and simulation data to recalibrate the standard Spalart–Allmaras
model. Free-shear flow, the buffer layer, the log layer, and flows with adverse pressure …

[HTML][HTML] Log-law recovery through reinforcement-learning wall model for large eddy simulation

A Vadrot, XIA Yang, HJ Bae, M Abkar - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper focuses on the use of reinforcement learning (RL) as a machine-learning (ML)
modeling tool for near-wall turbulence. RL has demonstrated its effectiveness in solving high …

Liquid-cooled heat sink design for a multilevel inverter switch with considerations for heat spreading and manufacturability

JE Aviles, LE Paniagua-Guerra… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multilevel inverter switches (MIS) present a thermal management challenge by virtue of their
small size yet high power operation. In this contribution, a water-cooled heat sink for an MIS …

[HTML][HTML] Constrained re-calibration of two-equation Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes models

Y Bin, X Hu, J Li, SJ Grauer, XIA Yang - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine-learned augmentations to turbulence models can be advantageous for
flows within the training dataset but can often cause harm outside. This lack of …

Evaluation of physics constrained data-driven methods for turbulence model uncertainty quantification

M Matha, K Kucharczyk, C Morsbach - Computers & Fluids, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to achieve a virtual certification process and robust designs for turbomachinery, the
uncertainty bounds for Computational Fluid Dynamics have to be known. The formulation of …

Field inversion for transitional flows using continuous adjoint methods

AM Hafez, A El-Rahman, I Ahmed, HA Khater - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Transition modeling represents one of the key challenges in computational fluid dynamics.
While numerical efforts were traditionally devoted to either improving Reynolds-averaged …

[HTML][HTML] Validating the design optimisation of ultrasonic flow meters using computational fluid dynamics and surrogate modelling

MJ Rincón, M Reclari, XIA Yang, M Abkar - … Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
Domestic ultrasonic flow meters with an intrusive two-stand configuration present a complex
flow behaviour due to their unique geometry, which offers an interesting case to evaluate …