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Cluster-based network model

Fluid Dynamics 2020-12-02 v3 Chaotic Dynamics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

We propose an automatable data-driven methodology for robust nonlinear reduced-order modelling from time-resolved snapshot data. In the kinematical coarse-graining, the snapshots are clustered into few centroids representable for the whole ensemble. The dynamics is conceptualized as a directed network, where the centroids represent nodes and the directed edges denote possible finite-time transitions. The transition probabilities and times are inferred from the snapshot data. The resulting cluster-based network model constitutes a deterministic-stochastic grey-box model resolving the coherent-structure evolution. This model is motivated by limit-cycle dynamics, illustrated for the chaotic Lorenz attractor and successfully demonstrated for the laminar two-dimensional mixing layer featuring Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices and vortex pairing, and for an actuated turbulent boundary layer with complex dynamics. Cluster-based network modelling opens a promising new avenue with unique advantages over other model-order reductions based on clustering or proper orthogonal decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.2001.02911,
  title  = {Cluster-based network model},
  author = {Hao Li and Daniel Fernex and Richard Semaan and Jianguo Tan and Marek Morzyński and Bernd R. Noack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02911},
  year   = {2020}
}