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Auteurs principaux: Bempedelis, Nikos, Magri, Luca, Steiros, Konstantinos
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10724
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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