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Main Authors: Zou, Weihao, Feng, Weibing, Wu, Pin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08021
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author Zou, Weihao
Feng, Weibing
Wu, Pin
author_facet Zou, Weihao
Feng, Weibing
Wu, Pin
contents This study proposes a universal flow field prediction framework based on knowledge transfer from large language model (LLM), addressing the high computational costs of traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and the limited cross-condition transfer capability of existing deep learning models. The framework innovatively integrates Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) dimensionality reduction with fine-tuning strategies for pretrained LLM, where POD facilitates compressed representation of flow field features while the fine-tuned model learns to encode system dynamics in state space. To enhance the model's adaptability to flow field data, we specifically designed fluid dynamics-oriented text templates that improve predictive performance through enriched contextual semantic information. Experimental results demonstrate that our framework outperforms conventional Transformer models in few-shot learning scenarios while exhibiting exceptional generalization across various inflow conditions and airfoil geometries. Ablation studies reveal the contributions of key components in the FlowBERT architecture. Compared to traditional Navier-Stokes equation solvers requiring hours of computation, our approach reduces prediction time to seconds while maintaining over 90% accuracy. The developed knowledge transfer paradigm establishes a new direction for rapid fluid dynamics prediction, with potential applications extending to aerodynamic optimization, flow control, and other engineering domains.
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spellingShingle FlowBERT: Prompt-tuned BERT for variable flow field prediction
Zou, Weihao
Feng, Weibing
Wu, Pin
Machine Learning
Fluid Dynamics
This study proposes a universal flow field prediction framework based on knowledge transfer from large language model (LLM), addressing the high computational costs of traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and the limited cross-condition transfer capability of existing deep learning models. The framework innovatively integrates Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) dimensionality reduction with fine-tuning strategies for pretrained LLM, where POD facilitates compressed representation of flow field features while the fine-tuned model learns to encode system dynamics in state space. To enhance the model's adaptability to flow field data, we specifically designed fluid dynamics-oriented text templates that improve predictive performance through enriched contextual semantic information. Experimental results demonstrate that our framework outperforms conventional Transformer models in few-shot learning scenarios while exhibiting exceptional generalization across various inflow conditions and airfoil geometries. Ablation studies reveal the contributions of key components in the FlowBERT architecture. Compared to traditional Navier-Stokes equation solvers requiring hours of computation, our approach reduces prediction time to seconds while maintaining over 90% accuracy. The developed knowledge transfer paradigm establishes a new direction for rapid fluid dynamics prediction, with potential applications extending to aerodynamic optimization, flow control, and other engineering domains.
title FlowBERT: Prompt-tuned BERT for variable flow field prediction
topic Machine Learning
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08021