Visible to the public Machine Learning Computational Fluid Dynamics

TitleMachine Learning Computational Fluid Dynamics
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsUsman, Ali, Rafiq, Muhammad, Saeed, Muhammad, Nauman, Ali, Almqvist, Andreas, Liwicki, Marcus
Conference Name2021 Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society Workshop (SAIS)
Keywordscomposability, compositionality, computational fluid dynamics, Computational Intelligence, Computational modeling, flow past a cylinder, fluid flow, fluid-structure interaction, Fluids, machine learning, Neural networks, numerical analyses, Partial differential equations, Predictive models, pubcrawl
AbstractNumerical simulation of fluid flow is a significant research concern during the design process of a machine component that experiences fluid-structure interaction (FSI). State-of-the-art in traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has made CFD reach a relative perfection level during the last couple of decades. However, the accuracy of CFD is highly dependent on mesh size; therefore, the computational cost depends on resolving the minor feature. The computational complexity grows even further when there are multiple physics and scales involved making the approach time-consuming. In contrast, machine learning (ML) has shown a highly encouraging capacity to forecast solutions for partial differential equations. A trained neural network has offered to make accurate approximations instantaneously compared with conventional simulation procedures. This study presents transient fluid flow prediction past a fully immersed body as an integral part of the ML-CFD project. MLCFD is a hybrid approach that involves initialising the CFD simulation domain with a solution forecasted by an ML model to achieve fast convergence in traditional CDF. Initial results are highly encouraging, and the entire time-based series of fluid patterns past the immersed structure is forecasted using a deep learning algorithm. Prepared results show a strong agreement compared with fluid flow simulation performed utilising CFD.
DOI10.1109/SAIS53221.2021.9483997
Citation Keyusman_machine_2021