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Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations: Benchmarking and Uncertainty Quantification

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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation X

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Nowadays, large-eddy simulation (LES) is increasingly applied to complex flow configurations of interest in technological or environmental applications.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    M. V. Salvetti

  2. PPRIME, CNRS-University of Poitiers-ENSMA, Poitiers, France

    M. Meldi

  3. Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    L. Bruno

  4. M2P2, Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Marseille, France

    P. Sagaut

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Dimokratis G.E. Grigoriadis

  2. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Hans Kuerten

  4. Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jochen Fröhlich

  5. Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Vincenzo Armenio

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Salvetti, M.V., Meldi, M., Bruno, L., Sagaut, P. (2018). Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations: Benchmarking and Uncertainty Quantification. In: Grigoriadis, D., Geurts, B., Kuerten, H., Fröhlich, J., Armenio, V. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation X. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63212-4_2

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