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Modelling and Simulation of Turbulent Flows, 2nd Edition
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Modelling and Simulation of Turbulent Flows, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Turbulence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2026 | Viewed by 1352

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Prof. Dr. Yufeng Yao

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Engineering Modelling and Simulation Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: fundamental flow physics; turbulent flow; complex flow; turbulent boundary layers
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Dr. Jun Yao

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Engineering Modelling and Simulation Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: industrial flow; CFD

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The modelling and simulation of turbulent flows constitute a fundamental approach to providing in-depth insights into the underlying flow physics of various turbulence mechanisms and how to apply them in various engineering applications. There are motivations and initiatives behind a large number of research projects spanning from aerospace, automotive and renewable energies to unconventional applications in pedestrian comfort cardiovascular biomedicine, such as COVID-19 particles dispersion.

This Special Issue of Fluids is dedicated to the recent advances in the computational modelling and simulation of turbulent flows, including numerical methods development and its applications. This includes, but is not limited to, direct numerical simulation (DNS), the large-eddy simulation (LES) of fundamental fluid flows to explore turbulent flow structures formation, shock-wave–boundary layer interactions and RANS–LES hybrid methods employed in a variety of external and internal turbulent flows, with the inclusion of applying new machine learning and data-driven methods for the prediction of turbulent flows.

Prof. Dr. Yufeng Yao
Dr. Jun Yao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • turbulent flows
  • modelling and simulation
  • direct numerical simulation (DNS)
  • large-eddy simulation (LES)
  • hybrid RANS–LES
  • data-driven CFD modelling
  • numerical methods
  • steady and unsteady aerodynamics
  • shock-wave–boundary layer interactions
  • multiphase flow
  • reacting flow
  • aeroacoustics

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On the Modelling of Thermal Buoyancy Flows Involving Laminar–Turbulent Transition
by Jingcheng Liu and Xiangdong Li
Fluids 2025, 10(11), 289; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids10110289 - 6 Nov 2025
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Laminar–turbulent transition is a phenomenon that extensively exists in many fluid flows. Accurate and cost-effective modelling of the transition is of fundamental importance for the design and diagnosis of relevant flow processes and industry systems. Existing transition turbulence models were mostly developed for [...] Read more.
Laminar–turbulent transition is a phenomenon that extensively exists in many fluid flows. Accurate and cost-effective modelling of the transition is of fundamental importance for the design and diagnosis of relevant flow processes and industry systems. Existing transition turbulence models were mostly developed for high-speed aerodynamics applications. Their suitability for buoyant low-speed flows, such as natural and mixed convection flows, has been rarely assessed. This study aimed to bridge this gap through comparing the velocity and temperature fields yielded from various transition turbulence models against the experimental data of natural convection flow in a differentially heated cavity. The results showed that Wilcox’s low-Re modification to the SST k-ω model and the transport γ-equation had good accuracies for low-speed natural convection flows. Other models, including the algebraic γ-equation, γ-Reθ model and kt-kl-ω model, overpredicted the turbulence quantities, resulting in significant predictive errors in velocity and temperature simulations. Full article
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Impact of Streamwise Pressure Gradient on Shaped Film Cooling Hole Using Large Eddy Simulation
by Yifan Yang, Kexin Hu, Can Ma, Xinrong Su and Xin Yuan
Fluids 2025, 10(8), 214; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids10080214 - 15 Aug 2025
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In turbine blade environments, the combination of blade curvature and accelerating flow gives rise to streamwise pressure gradients (SPGs), which substantially impact coolant–mainstream interactions. This study investigates the effect of SPGs on film cooling performance using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) for a shaped [...] Read more.
In turbine blade environments, the combination of blade curvature and accelerating flow gives rise to streamwise pressure gradients (SPGs), which substantially impact coolant–mainstream interactions. This study investigates the effect of SPGs on film cooling performance using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) for a shaped cooling hole at a density ratio of DR=1.5 under two blowing ratios: M=0.5 and M=1.6. Both favorable pressure gradient (FPG) and zero pressure gradient (ZPG) conditions are examined. LES predictions are validated against experimental data in the high blowing ratio case, confirming the accuracy of the numerical method. Comparative analysis of the time-averaged flow fields indicates that, at M=1.6, FPG enhances wall attachment of the coolant jet, reduces boundary layer thickness, and suppresses vertical dispersion. Counter-rotating vortex pairs (CVRPs) are also compressed in this process, leading to improved downstream cooling. At M=0.5, however, the ZPG promotes greater lateral coolant spread near the hole exit, resulting in superior near-field cooling performance. Instantaneous flow structures are also analyzed to further explore the unsteady dynamics governing film cooling. The Q criterion exposes the formation and evolution of coherent vortices, including hairpin vortices, shear-layer vortices, and horseshoe vortices. Compared to ZPG, the FPG case exhibits a greater number of downstream hairpin vortices identified by density gradient, and this effect is particularly pronounced at the lower blowing ratio. The shear layer instability is evaluated using the local gradient Ri number, revealing widespread Kelvin–Helmholtz instability near the jet interface. In addition, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis shows that FPG shifts disturbance energy to lower frequencies with higher amplitudes, indicating enhanced turbulent dissipation and intensified coolant mixing at a low blowing ratio. Full article
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