Recent advances in applying deep reinforcement learning for flow control: Perspectives and future directions

C Vignon, J Rabault, R Vinuesa - Physics of fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been applied to a variety of problems during the
past decade and has provided effective control strategies in high-dimensional and non …

Flow control in wings and discovery of novel approaches via deep reinforcement learning

R Vinuesa, O Lehmkuhl, A Lozano-Durán, J Rabault - Fluids, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, we summarize existing trends of flow control used to improve the aerodynamic
efficiency of wings. We first discuss active methods to control turbulence, starting with flat …

Deep reinforcement learning for turbulent drag reduction in channel flows

L Guastoni, J Rabault, P Schlatter, H Azizpour… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
We introduce a reinforcement learning (RL) environment to design and benchmark control
strategies aimed at reducing drag in turbulent fluid flows enclosed in a channel. The …

A theoretical decomposition of mean skin friction generation into physical phenomena across the boundary layer

N Renard, S Deck - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
A theoretical decomposition of mean skin friction generation into physical phenomena
across the whole profile of the incompressible zero-pressure-gradient smooth-flat-plate …

Contributions of different scales of turbulent motions to the mean wall-shear stress in open channel flows at low-to-moderate Reynolds numbers

Y Duan, Q Zhong, G Wang, P Zhang… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Smooth-walled open channel flow datasets, covering both the direct numerical simulation
and experimental measurements with a friction Reynolds number wavelength ranges are …

Global effect of local skin friction drag reduction in spatially developing turbulent boundary layer

A Stroh, Y Hasegawa, P Schlatter… - Journal of Fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
A numerical investigation of two locally applied drag-reducing control schemes is carried out
in the configuration of a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer (TBL). One control is …

Skin-friction reduction using periodic blowing through streamwise slits

XQ Cheng, ZX Qiao, X Zhang, M Quadrio… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Active skin-friction reduction in a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) is experimentally studied
based on time-periodic blowing through one array of streamwise slits. The control …

Optimisation and analysis of streamwise-varying wall-normal blowing in a turbulent boundary layer

J O'Connor, M Diessner, K Wilson, RD Whalley… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2023 - Springer
Skin-friction drag is a major engineering concern, with wide-ranging consequences across
many industries. Active flow-control techniques targeted at minimising skin friction have the …

Uniform blowing and suction applied to nonuniform adverse-pressure-gradient wing boundary layers

M Atzori, R Vinuesa, A Stroh, D Gatti, B Frohnapfel… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
A detailed analysis of the effects of uniform blowing, uniform suction, and body-force
damping on the turbulent boundary layer developing around a NACA4412 airfoil at …

[HTML][HTML] A new perspective on skin-friction contributions in adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

M Atzori, F Mallor, R Pozuelo, K Fukagata… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
For adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers, the study of integral skin-friction
contributions still poses significant challenges. Beyond questions related to the integration …