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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Xinyu, Chen, Qifan, Xiu, Dongbin
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Liu, Xinyu
Chen, Qifan
Xiu, Dongbin
author_facet Liu, Xinyu
Chen, Qifan
Xiu, Dongbin
contents We present a data-driven numerical approach for on-the-fly active flow control and demonstrate its effectiveness for drag reduction in two-dimensional incompressible flow past a cylinder. The method is based on flow map learning (FML), a recently developed framework for modeling unknown dynamical systems that is particularly effective for partially observed systems. For active flow control, we construct an FML dynamical model for the quantities of interest (QoIs), namely the drag and lift forces. During offline learning, training data are generated for the responses of drag and lift to the control variable, and a deep neural network (DNN)-based FML model is constructed. The learned FML model enables online optimal flow control without requiring simulations of the flow field. We demonstrate that the FML-based approach can be integrated with existing optimal control strategies, including deep reinforcement learning (DRL) and model predictive control (MPC). Numerical results show that the proposed approach enables on-the-fly flow control and achieves more than $20\%$ drag reduction. By eliminating the need for forward simulations during control optimization, the approach offers the potential for real-time optimal control in other systems.
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spellingShingle Numerical Approach for On-the-Fly Active Flow Control via Flow Map Learning Method
Liu, Xinyu
Chen, Qifan
Xiu, Dongbin
Numerical Analysis
We present a data-driven numerical approach for on-the-fly active flow control and demonstrate its effectiveness for drag reduction in two-dimensional incompressible flow past a cylinder. The method is based on flow map learning (FML), a recently developed framework for modeling unknown dynamical systems that is particularly effective for partially observed systems. For active flow control, we construct an FML dynamical model for the quantities of interest (QoIs), namely the drag and lift forces. During offline learning, training data are generated for the responses of drag and lift to the control variable, and a deep neural network (DNN)-based FML model is constructed. The learned FML model enables online optimal flow control without requiring simulations of the flow field. We demonstrate that the FML-based approach can be integrated with existing optimal control strategies, including deep reinforcement learning (DRL) and model predictive control (MPC). Numerical results show that the proposed approach enables on-the-fly flow control and achieves more than $20\%$ drag reduction. By eliminating the need for forward simulations during control optimization, the approach offers the potential for real-time optimal control in other systems.
title Numerical Approach for On-the-Fly Active Flow Control via Flow Map Learning Method
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07678