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most citedA curated dataset for data-driven turbulence modelling

79 citations · 148 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

physics.flu-dyn2026

Rotational equivariance and locality in data-driven subgrid-scale closures

Ryley McConkey, Julia Balla, Elyssa Hofgard +2

Data-driven subgrid-scale closures for large eddy simulation are of significant interest in many engineering and geoscience applications. In this context, several important questio…

physics.flu-dyn2026

The Closure Challenge: a benchmark task for machine learning in turbulence modelling

Ryley McConkey, Tyler Buchanan, Tess Smidt +3

We introduce a field-wide benchmark challenge for machine learning in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence modelling. Though open-source datasets exist for training da…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Turbulence teaches equivariance to neural networks

Ryley McConkey, Julia Balla, Jeremiah Bailey +5

We show that the rotational nature of turbulence affects how neural networks learn mappings between quantities governed by the Navier-Stokes equations. We train super-resolution mo…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Implicit Augmentation from Distributional Symmetry in Turbulence Super-Resolution

Julia Balla, Jeremiah Bailey, Ali Backour +4

The immense computational cost of simulating turbulence has motivated the use of machine learning approaches for super-resolving turbulent flows. A central challenge is ensuring th…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Turbulence Anisotropy Mapping

Nikhila Kalia, Ryley McConkey, Eugene Yee +1

This study evaluates the generalization performance and representation efficiency (parsimony) of a previously introduced Tensor Basis Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (TBKAN) architecture…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 1 cited

Bayesian Optimization of the GEKO Turbulence Model for Predicting Flow Separation Over a Smooth Surface

Nikhila Kalia, Ryley McConkey, Eugene Yee +1

This paper applies Bayesian-optimization-RANS (turbo-RANS) to improve Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models for a converging-diverging channel, a case with adver…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 1 cited

Realizability-Informed Machine Learning for Turbulence Anisotropy Mappings

Ryley McConkey, Nikhila Kalia, Eugene Yee +1

Within the context of machine learning-based closure mappings for RANS turbulence modelling, physical realizability is often enforced using ad-hoc postprocessing of the predicted a…

physics.flu-dyn2023★ 10 cited

turbo-RANS: Straightforward and Efficient Bayesian Optimization of Turbulence Model Coefficients

Ryley McConkey, Nikhila Kalia, Eugene Yee +1

Industrial simulations of turbulent flows often rely on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence models, which contain numerous closure coefficients that need to be calibr…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 17 cited

On the generalizability of machine-learning-assisted anisotropy mappings for predictive turbulence modelling

Ryley McConkey, Eugene Yee, Fue-Sang Lien

Several machine learning frameworks for augmenting turbulence closure models have been recently proposed. However, the generalizability of an augmented turbulence model remains an…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 40 cited

Deep Structured Neural Networks for Turbulence Closure Modelling

Ryley McConkey, Eugene Yee, Fue-Sang Lien

Despite well-known limitations of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations, this methodology remains the most widely used tool for predicting many turbulent flows, due to…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 79 cited

A curated dataset for data-driven turbulence modelling

Ryley McConkey, Eugene Yee, Fue-Sang Lien

The recent surge in machine learning augmented turbulence modelling is a promising approach for addressing the limitations of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models. This wo…