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| author | Durve, Mihir Tucny, Jean-Michel Orsini, Sibilla Tiribocchi, Adriano Montessori, Andrea Lauricella, Marco Camposeo, Andrea Pisignano, Dario Succi, Sauro |
| author_facet | Durve, Mihir Tucny, Jean-Michel Orsini, Sibilla Tiribocchi, Adriano Montessori, Andrea Lauricella, Marco Camposeo, Andrea Pisignano, Dario Succi, Sauro |
| contents | We introduce a two-step, fully reversible process designed to project the outer shape of a generic droplet onto a lower-dimensional space. The initial step involves representing the droplet's shape as a Fourier series. Subsequently, the Fourier coefficients are reduced to lower-dimensional vectors by using autoencoder models. The exploitation of the domain knowledge of the droplet shapes allows us to map generic droplet shapes to just 2D space in contrast to previous direct methods involving autoencoders that could map it on minimum 8D space. This 6D reduction in the dimensionality of the droplet's description opens new possibilities for applications, such as automated droplet generation via reinforcement learning, the analysis of droplet shape evolution dynamics and the prediction of droplet breakup. Our findings underscore the benefits of incorporating domain knowledge into autoencoder models, highlighting the potential for increased accuracy in various other scientific disciplines. |
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| spellingShingle | Minimal droplet shape representation in experimental microfluidics using Fourier series and autoencoders Durve, Mihir Tucny, Jean-Michel Orsini, Sibilla Tiribocchi, Adriano Montessori, Andrea Lauricella, Marco Camposeo, Andrea Pisignano, Dario Succi, Sauro Fluid Dynamics We introduce a two-step, fully reversible process designed to project the outer shape of a generic droplet onto a lower-dimensional space. The initial step involves representing the droplet's shape as a Fourier series. Subsequently, the Fourier coefficients are reduced to lower-dimensional vectors by using autoencoder models. The exploitation of the domain knowledge of the droplet shapes allows us to map generic droplet shapes to just 2D space in contrast to previous direct methods involving autoencoders that could map it on minimum 8D space. This 6D reduction in the dimensionality of the droplet's description opens new possibilities for applications, such as automated droplet generation via reinforcement learning, the analysis of droplet shape evolution dynamics and the prediction of droplet breakup. Our findings underscore the benefits of incorporating domain knowledge into autoencoder models, highlighting the potential for increased accuracy in various other scientific disciplines. |
| title | Minimal droplet shape representation in experimental microfluidics using Fourier series and autoencoders |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04863 |