Extracting self-similarity from data
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| author | Bempedelis, Nikos Magri, Luca Steiros, Konstantinos |
| author_facet | Bempedelis, Nikos Magri, Luca Steiros, Konstantinos |
| contents | Identifying self-similarity is key to understanding and modelling a plethora of phenomena in fluid mechanics. Unfortunately, this is not always possible to perform formally in highly complex flows. We propose a methodology to extract the similarity variables of a self-similar physical process directly from data, without prior knowledge of the governing equations or boundary conditions, based on an optimization problem and symbolic regression. We analyze the accuracy and robustness of our method in five problems which have been influential in fluid mechanics research: a laminar boundary layer, Burger's equation, a turbulent wake, a collapsing cavity, and decaying turbulence. Our analysis considers datasets acquired via both numerical and wind tunnel experiments. The algorithm recovers the known self-similarity expressions in the first four problems and generates new insights on single length scale theories of homogeneous turbulence. |
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| spellingShingle | Extracting self-similarity from data Bempedelis, Nikos Magri, Luca Steiros, Konstantinos Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Fluid Dynamics Identifying self-similarity is key to understanding and modelling a plethora of phenomena in fluid mechanics. Unfortunately, this is not always possible to perform formally in highly complex flows. We propose a methodology to extract the similarity variables of a self-similar physical process directly from data, without prior knowledge of the governing equations or boundary conditions, based on an optimization problem and symbolic regression. We analyze the accuracy and robustness of our method in five problems which have been influential in fluid mechanics research: a laminar boundary layer, Burger's equation, a turbulent wake, a collapsing cavity, and decaying turbulence. Our analysis considers datasets acquired via both numerical and wind tunnel experiments. The algorithm recovers the known self-similarity expressions in the first four problems and generates new insights on single length scale theories of homogeneous turbulence. |
| title | Extracting self-similarity from data |
| topic | Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10724 |