Data-driven Pressure Recovery in Diffusers

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Main Authors: Salazar, Juan Augusto Paredes, Goel, Ankit, Costich, Rowen, Koca, Meliksah, Tumuklu, Ozgur, Amitay, Michael
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Published: 2025
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author Salazar, Juan Augusto Paredes
Goel, Ankit
Costich, Rowen
Koca, Meliksah
Tumuklu, Ozgur
Amitay, Michael
author_facet Salazar, Juan Augusto Paredes
Goel, Ankit
Costich, Rowen
Koca, Meliksah
Tumuklu, Ozgur
Amitay, Michael
contents This paper investigates the application of a data-driven technique based on retrospective cost optimization to optimize the frequency of mass injection into an S-shaped diffuser, with the objective of maximizing the pressure recovery. Experimental data indicated that there is an optimal injection frequency between 100 Hz and 300 Hz with a mass flow rate of 1 percent of the free stream. High-fidelity numerical simulations using compressible unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) are conducted to investigate the mean and temporal features resulting from mass injection into an S-shaped diffuser with differing injection speeds and pulse frequencies. The results are compared with experiments to confirm the accuracy of the numerical solution. Overall, 2-D simulations are relatively in good agreement with the experiment, with 3-D simulations currently under investigation to benchmark the effect of spanwise instabilities. Simulation results with the proposed data-driven technique show improvements upon a baseline case by increasing pressure recovery and reducing the region of flow recirculation within the diffuser.
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spellingShingle Data-driven Pressure Recovery in Diffusers
Salazar, Juan Augusto Paredes
Goel, Ankit
Costich, Rowen
Koca, Meliksah
Tumuklu, Ozgur
Amitay, Michael
Fluid Dynamics
Systems and Control
This paper investigates the application of a data-driven technique based on retrospective cost optimization to optimize the frequency of mass injection into an S-shaped diffuser, with the objective of maximizing the pressure recovery. Experimental data indicated that there is an optimal injection frequency between 100 Hz and 300 Hz with a mass flow rate of 1 percent of the free stream. High-fidelity numerical simulations using compressible unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) are conducted to investigate the mean and temporal features resulting from mass injection into an S-shaped diffuser with differing injection speeds and pulse frequencies. The results are compared with experiments to confirm the accuracy of the numerical solution. Overall, 2-D simulations are relatively in good agreement with the experiment, with 3-D simulations currently under investigation to benchmark the effect of spanwise instabilities. Simulation results with the proposed data-driven technique show improvements upon a baseline case by increasing pressure recovery and reducing the region of flow recirculation within the diffuser.
title Data-driven Pressure Recovery in Diffusers
topic Fluid Dynamics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10801