Recent developments in DNS of turbulent combustion

P Domingo, L Vervisch - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
The simulation of turbulent flames fully resolving the smallest flow scales and the thinnest
reaction zones goes along with specific requirements, which are discussed from …

Direct mapping from LES resolved scales to filtered-flame generated manifolds using convolutional neural networks

A Seltz, P Domingo, L Vervisch, ZM Nikolaou - Combustion and Flame, 2019 - Elsevier
A unified modelling framework for all unresolved terms in the filtered progress variable
transport equation in large-eddy simulations of turbulent premixed flames is proposed, using …

Progress variable variance and filtered rate modelling using convolutional neural networks and flamelet methods

ZM Nikolaou, C Chrysostomou, L Vervisch… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2019 - Springer
A purely data-driven modelling approach using deep convolutional neural networks is
discussed in the context of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of turbulent premixed flames. The …

A priori sub-grid modelling using artificial neural networks

A Prat, T Sautory… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents results of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) applications to sub-grid
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model. The training data for the ANN is provided by simulation …

Evaluation of a neural network-based closure for the unresolved stresses in turbulent premixed V-flames

ZM Nikolaou, C Chrysostomou, Y Minamoto… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2021 - Springer
Data-driven modelling in fluid mechanics is a promising alternative given the continuous
increase of computational power and data-storage capabilities. Highly non-linear flows …

Scalar flux modeling in turbulent flames using iterative deconvolution

ZM Nikolaou, RS Cant, L Vervisch - Physical Review Fluids, 2018 - APS
In the context of large eddy simulations, deconvolution is an attractive alternative for
modeling the unclosed terms appearing in the filtered governing equations. Such methods …

An optimisation framework for the development of explicit discrete forward and inverse filters

Z Nikolaou, L Vervisch, P Domingo - Computers & Fluids, 2023 - Elsevier
Discrete filters are used in numerous digital signal processing applications and numerical
simulations, for anti-aliasing, de-noising, and post-processing. Our specific interest is for …

Application of recurrence CFD (rCFD) to species transport in turbulent vortex shedding

S Abbasi, S Pirker, T Lichtenegger - Computers & Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
The functionality of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for turbulent flows is limited by huge
computational demands which prevent any detailed long-term studies. In this publication, we …

Analysis of sub-grid scale modeling of the ideal-gas equation of state in hydrogen–oxygen premixed flames

G Ribert, P Domingo, L Vervisch - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019 - Elsevier
In large-eddy simulations (LES) of multicomponent and fully compressible flows, the
spatially filtered pressure needs to be evaluated, ie the pressure averaged over a volume …

Revisiting the modelling framework for the unresolved scalar variance

Z Nikolaou, P Domingo, L Vervisch - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The unresolved scalar variance in large-eddy simulations of turbulent flows is a fundamental
physical and modelling parameter. Despite its importance, relatively few algebraic models …