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Main Authors: Padilla-Segarra, Adrian, Noble, Pascal, Roustant, Olivier, Savin, Éric
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17582
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author Padilla-Segarra, Adrian
Noble, Pascal
Roustant, Olivier
Savin, Éric
author_facet Padilla-Segarra, Adrian
Noble, Pascal
Roustant, Olivier
Savin, Éric
contents Gaussian process regression techniques have been used in fluid mechanics for the reconstruction of flow fields from a reduction-of-dimension perspective. A main ingredient in this setting is the construction of adapted covariance functions, or kernels, to obtain such estimates. In this paper, we present a general method for constraining a prescribed Gaussian process on an arbitrary compact set. The kernel of the pre-defined process must be at least continuous and may include other information about the studied phenomenon. This general boundary-constraining framework can be implemented with high flexibility for a broad range of engineering applications. From this, we derive physics-informed kernels for simulating two-dimensional velocity fields of an incompressible (divergence-free) flow around aerodynamic profiles. These kernels allow to define Gaussian process priors satisfying the incompressibility condition and the prescribed boundary conditions along the profile in a continuous manner. We describe an adapted numerical method for the boundary-constraining procedure parameterized by a measure on the compact set. The relevance of the methodology and performances are illustrated by numerical simulations of flows around a cylinder and a NACA 0412 airfoil profile, for which no observation at the boundary is needed at all.
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spellingShingle Physics-informed, boundary-constrained Gaussian process regression for the reconstruction of fluid flow fields
Padilla-Segarra, Adrian
Noble, Pascal
Roustant, Olivier
Savin, Éric
Fluid Dynamics
Machine Learning
65N75, 60G15, 76D05
Gaussian process regression techniques have been used in fluid mechanics for the reconstruction of flow fields from a reduction-of-dimension perspective. A main ingredient in this setting is the construction of adapted covariance functions, or kernels, to obtain such estimates. In this paper, we present a general method for constraining a prescribed Gaussian process on an arbitrary compact set. The kernel of the pre-defined process must be at least continuous and may include other information about the studied phenomenon. This general boundary-constraining framework can be implemented with high flexibility for a broad range of engineering applications. From this, we derive physics-informed kernels for simulating two-dimensional velocity fields of an incompressible (divergence-free) flow around aerodynamic profiles. These kernels allow to define Gaussian process priors satisfying the incompressibility condition and the prescribed boundary conditions along the profile in a continuous manner. We describe an adapted numerical method for the boundary-constraining procedure parameterized by a measure on the compact set. The relevance of the methodology and performances are illustrated by numerical simulations of flows around a cylinder and a NACA 0412 airfoil profile, for which no observation at the boundary is needed at all.
title Physics-informed, boundary-constrained Gaussian process regression for the reconstruction of fluid flow fields
topic Fluid Dynamics
Machine Learning
65N75, 60G15, 76D05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17582