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 flow control exploits different physics for increasing Reynolds number regimes

P Varela, P Suárez, F Alcántara-Ávila, A Miró… - Actuators, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increase in emissions associated with aviation requires deeper research into novel
sensing and flow-control strategies to obtain improved aerodynamic performances. In this …

Multi-scale reconstruction of turbulent rotating flows with proper orthogonal decomposition and generative adversarial networks

T Li, M Buzzicotti, L Biferale, F Bonaccorso… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Data reconstruction of rotating turbulent snapshots is investigated utilizing data-driven tools.
This problem is crucial for numerous geophysical applications and fundamental aspects …

Drag reduction on a transonic airfoil

M Quadrio, A Chiarini, J Banchetti, D Gatti… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Flow control for turbulent skin-friction drag reduction is applied to a transonic airfoil to
improve its aerodynamic performance. The study is based on direct numerical simulations …

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 …

Decomposition of the mean friction drag on an NACA4412 airfoil under uniform blowing/suction

Y Fan, M Atzori, R Vinuesa, D Gatti… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The application of drag-control strategies on canonical wall-bounded turbulence, such as
periodic channel and zero-or adverse-pressure-gradient boundary layers, raises the …

Active control of airfoil turbulent boundary layer noise with trailing-edge blowing

C Yang, EJG Arcondoulis, Y Yang, J Guo… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings acoustic analogy are
performed to study the effect of trailing-edge blowing on airfoil self-noise. Simulations were …

Drag assessment for boundary layer control schemes with mass injection

G Fahland, M Atzori, A Frede, A Stroh… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2024 - Springer
The present study considers uniform blowing in turbulent boundary layers as active flow
control scheme for drag reduction on airfoils. The focus lies on the important question of how …

Drag reduction by uniform blowing on the pressure surface of an airfoil

S Miura, M Ohashi, K Fukagata, N Tokugawa - AIAA journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Drag reduction effect by uniform blowing (UB) on the pressure surface of an airfoil is
investigated through wind-tunnel experiments. The experiments are conducted using a …