Description and detection of burst events in turbulent flows

P. J. Schmid, A. Garciá-Gutierrez, J. Jiménez

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Abstract

A mathematical and computational framework is developed for the detection and identification of coherent structures in turbulent wall-bounded shear flows. In a first step, this data-based technique will use an embedding methodology to formulate the fluid motion as a phase-space trajectory, from which state-transition probabilities can be computed. Within this formalism, a second step then applies repeated clustering and graph-community techniques to determine a hierarchy of coherent structures ranked by their persistencies. This latter information will be used to detect highly transitory states that act as precursors to violent and intermittent events in turbulent fluid motion (e.g., bursts). Used as an analysis tool, this technique allows the objective identification of intermittent (but important) events in turbulent fluid motion; however, it also lays the foundation for advanced control strategies for their manipulation. The techniques are applied to low-dimensional model equations for turbulent transport, such as the self-sustaining process (SSP), for varying levels of complexity.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationJournal of Physics: Conference Series
PublisherInstitute of Physics [email protected]
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 12 2018
Externally publishedYes

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