RG-Based Local Hopf Reduction and Slow-Manifold Reconstruction for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems

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Main Authors: Chen, Gelin, Song, Chen, Yang, Chao
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author Chen, Gelin
Song, Chen
Yang, Chao
author_facet Chen, Gelin
Song, Chen
Yang, Chao
contents Self-excited limit-cycle oscillations (LCOs) from Hopf bifurcations are a key feature of nonlinear aeroelasticity and depend sensitively on structural and aerodynamic parameters. Classical center-manifold and normal-form theory describe this local behavior, but can be cumbersome to apply in large discretized models and standard reduced-order modeling (ROM) workflows. A renormalization-group (RG)-based reduction is developed that directly yields a Hopf-type amplitude equation on a local invariant manifold, specialized for polynomial nonlinearities in tensor-based discretizations and compatible with finite-element-type settings. The method provides explicit coefficients governing the Hopf threshold, criticality, and leading LCO amplitude/frequency trends, and admits a companion slow-manifold approximation with selected stable modes retained as static coordinates. Representative nonlinear-aeroelastic examples illustrate how the proposed framework supplies compact, parameter-aware Hopf/LCO descriptors suitable for local ROM construction near flutter.
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spellingShingle RG-Based Local Hopf Reduction and Slow-Manifold Reconstruction for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems
Chen, Gelin
Song, Chen
Yang, Chao
Fluid Dynamics
Systems and Control
37G15, 37M99, 70K50, 74H45, 93A30
Self-excited limit-cycle oscillations (LCOs) from Hopf bifurcations are a key feature of nonlinear aeroelasticity and depend sensitively on structural and aerodynamic parameters. Classical center-manifold and normal-form theory describe this local behavior, but can be cumbersome to apply in large discretized models and standard reduced-order modeling (ROM) workflows. A renormalization-group (RG)-based reduction is developed that directly yields a Hopf-type amplitude equation on a local invariant manifold, specialized for polynomial nonlinearities in tensor-based discretizations and compatible with finite-element-type settings. The method provides explicit coefficients governing the Hopf threshold, criticality, and leading LCO amplitude/frequency trends, and admits a companion slow-manifold approximation with selected stable modes retained as static coordinates. Representative nonlinear-aeroelastic examples illustrate how the proposed framework supplies compact, parameter-aware Hopf/LCO descriptors suitable for local ROM construction near flutter.
title RG-Based Local Hopf Reduction and Slow-Manifold Reconstruction for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems
topic Fluid Dynamics
Systems and Control
37G15, 37M99, 70K50, 74H45, 93A30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20753