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Understanding turbulence through artificial intelligence - EurekAlert

<p>When we mention turbulence, the first association that springs to mind is often the uncomfortable jostling experienced during airplane travel. However, turbulence encompasses far more than just that; it&#39;s a continuous presence in our daily lives. This term denotes the irregular and chaotic behavior exhibited by fluids, gases, and liquids in a wide array of scenarios. Think of the swirling air in our cities, the waters of seas and rivers, or within engines and around vehicles like cars, ships, and airplanes. Actually, turbulence is as a significant factor in energy dissipation within these modes of transportation, accounting for up to 15% of the annual CO2 emissions generated by humanity.</p> <p>Now, an international team composed of scientists from the Universitat Polit&egrave;cnica de Val&egrave;ncia and the universities of Edinburgh and Melbourne, led by Ricardo Vinuesa from the Flow Institute of the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, has developed a new technique that allows us to study turbulence in a completely different way from that used in the last 100 years. Their work has been published in Nature Communications.</p>

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