The transformative potential of machine learning for experiments in fluid mechanics

R Vinuesa, SL Brunton, BJ McKeon - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The field of machine learning (ML) has rapidly advanced the state of the art in many fields of
science and engineering, including experimental fluid dynamics, which is one of the original …

Instantaneous wall-shear-stress measurements: advances and application to near-wall extreme events

R Örlü, R Vinuesa - Measurement Science and Technology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this article we provide an overview of widely used methods to measure the mean and
fluctuating components of the wall-shear stress in wall-bounded turbulent flows. We first note …

Turbulent boundary layers at moderate Reynolds numbers: inflow length and tripping effects

P Schlatter, R Örlü - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2012 - cambridge.org
A recent assessment of available direct numerical simulation (DNS) data from turbulent
boundary layer flows (Schlatter & Örlü, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 659, 2010, pp. 116–126) showed …

Simulation and validation of a spatially evolving turbulent boundary layer up to Reθ= 8300

G Eitel-Amor, R Örlü, P Schlatter - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2014 - Elsevier
Results of a finely resolved large-eddy simulation (LES) of a spatially developing zero-
pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer up to a Reynolds number of Re θ= 8300 are …

Estimating the value of von Kármán's constant in turbulent pipe flow

SCC Bailey, M Vallikivi, M Hultmark… - Journal of Fluid …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Five separate data sets on the mean velocity distributions in the Princeton University/ONR
Superpipe are used to establish the best estimate for the value of von Kármán's constant for …

Rare backflow and extreme wall-normal velocity fluctuations in near-wall turbulence

P Lenaers, Q Li, G Brethouwer, P Schlatter, R Örlü - Physics of fluids, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Rare negative streamwise velocities and extreme wall-normal velocity fluctuations near the
wall are investigated for turbulent channel flow at a series of Reynolds numbers based on …

Reynolds stress scaling in pipe flow turbulence—first results from CICLoPE

R Örlü, T Fiorini, A Segalini… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper reports the first turbulence measurements performed in the Long Pipe Facility at
the Center for International Cooperation in Long Pipe Experiments (CICLoPE). In particular …

Adverse-pressure-gradient effects on turbulent boundary layers: statistics and flow-field organization

C Sanmiguel Vila, R Örlü, R Vinuesa… - Flow, turbulence and …, 2017 - Springer
This manuscripts presents a study on adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers
under different Reynolds-number and pressure-gradient conditions. In this work we …

Obtaining accurate mean velocity measurements in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers using Pitot tubes

SCC Bailey, M Hultmark, JP Monty… - Journal of Fluid …, 2013 - cambridge.org
This article reports on one component of a larger study on measurement of the zero-
pressure-gradient turbulent flat plate boundary layer, in which a detailed investigation was …

On the identification of well-behaved turbulent boundary layers

CS Vila, R Vinuesa, S Discetti, A Ianiro… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
This paper introduces a new method based on the diagnostic plot (Alfredsson et al., Phys.
Fluids, vol. 23, 2011, 041702) to assess the convergence towards a well-behaved zero …