On the reconstruction of unknown driving forces from low-mode observations in the 2D Navier-Stokes Equations

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contents This article is concerned with the problem of determining an unknown source of non-potential, external time-dependent perturbations of an incompressible fluid from large-scale observations on the flow field. A relaxation-based approach is proposed for accomplishing this, which leverages a nonlinear property of the equations of motions to asymptotically enslave small scales to large scales. In particular, an algorithm is introduced that systematically produces approximations of the flow field on the unobserved scales in order to generate an approximation to the unknown force; the process is then repeated to generate an improved approximation of the unobserved scales, and so on. A mathematical proof of convergence of this algorithm is established in the context of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with periodic boundary conditions under the assumption that the force belongs to the observational subspace of phase space; at each stage in the algorithm, it is shown that the model error, represented as the difference between the approximating and true force, asymptotically decrements to zero in a geometric fashion provided that sufficiently many scales are observed and certain parameters of the algorithm are appropriately tuned; the issue of the sharpness of the assumptions, among other practical considerations such as the transient periods between updates, are also discussed.
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spellingShingle On the reconstruction of unknown driving forces from low-mode observations in the 2D Navier-Stokes Equations
Martinez, Vincent R.
Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
Optimization and Control
35Q30, 35B30, 93B30, 35R30, 76B75
This article is concerned with the problem of determining an unknown source of non-potential, external time-dependent perturbations of an incompressible fluid from large-scale observations on the flow field. A relaxation-based approach is proposed for accomplishing this, which leverages a nonlinear property of the equations of motions to asymptotically enslave small scales to large scales. In particular, an algorithm is introduced that systematically produces approximations of the flow field on the unobserved scales in order to generate an approximation to the unknown force; the process is then repeated to generate an improved approximation of the unobserved scales, and so on. A mathematical proof of convergence of this algorithm is established in the context of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with periodic boundary conditions under the assumption that the force belongs to the observational subspace of phase space; at each stage in the algorithm, it is shown that the model error, represented as the difference between the approximating and true force, asymptotically decrements to zero in a geometric fashion provided that sufficiently many scales are observed and certain parameters of the algorithm are appropriately tuned; the issue of the sharpness of the assumptions, among other practical considerations such as the transient periods between updates, are also discussed.
title On the reconstruction of unknown driving forces from low-mode observations in the 2D Navier-Stokes Equations
topic Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
Optimization and Control
35Q30, 35B30, 93B30, 35R30, 76B75
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00541