Quantifying & analysing mixed aleatoric and structural uncertainty in complex turbulent flow simulations

FJ Granados-Ortiz, J Ortega-Casanova - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes models are the most popular approach for
Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations of turbulent flows. Despite their popularity, these …

A hybrid approach combining DNS and RANS simulations to quantify uncertainties in turbulence modelling

LJA Voet, R Ahlfeld, A Gaymann, S Laizet… - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uncertainty quantification (UQ) has recently become an important part of the design process
of countless engineering applications. However, up to now in computational fluid dynamics …

A random matrix approach for quantifying model-form uncertainties in turbulence modeling

H Xiao, JX Wang, RG Ghanem - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the ever-increasing use of Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations in
mission-critical applications, the quantification of model-form uncertainty in RANS models …

Quantification of model uncertainty in RANS simulations: A review

H Xiao, P Cinnella - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
In computational fluid dynamics simulations of industrial flows, models based on the
Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations are expected to play an important …

Eigenvector perturbation methodology for uncertainty quantification of turbulence models

RL Thompson, AA Mishra, G Iaccarino, W Edeling… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models are the primary numerical recourse to
investigate complex engineering turbulent flows in industrial applications. However, to …

Theoretical analysis of tensor perturbations for uncertainty quantification of Reynolds averaged and subgrid scale closures

AA Mishra, G Iaccarino - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
With the advent of improved computational resources, alternate design approaches that
explicitly account for uncertainty in predictions, such as robust-and reliability-based design …

[PDF][PDF] A strategy for the eigenvector perturbations of the Reynolds stress tensor in the context of uncertainty quantification

R Thompson, L Sampaio, W Edeling… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - stanford.edu
In spite of increasing progress in high fidelity turbulent simulation avenues like Direct
Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Large Eddy Simulation (LES), Reynolds-Averaged Navier …

Uncertainty quantification of structural uncertainties in RANS simulations of complex flows

E Dow, Q Wang - 20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2011 - arc.aiaa.org
A method is presented for building a statistical model for the structural uncertainties in RANS
turbulence models. This approach compares the results of RANS calculations to direct …

Quantification of uncertainties in turbulence modeling: A comparison of physics-based and random matrix theoretic approaches

JX Wang, R Sun, H Xiao - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2016 - Elsevier
Numerical models based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are
widely used in engineering turbulence modeling. However, the RANS predictions have …

Effects of inlet uncertainties on prediction of turbulent flows using RANS and LES simulations

P Congedo, C Duprat, G Balarac, C Corre - 20th AIAA computational …, 2011 - arc.aiaa.org
In recent years, the scientific community has developed increasing interest into partial
differential equations with uncertain or stochastic parameters. Sources of uncertainties may …