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Robust Mode Analysis

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  • Gemunu H. Gunaratne

    (Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
    Both authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Sukesh Roy

    (Spectral Energies, LLC, Dayton, OH 45431, USA
    Both authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a model-free algorithm, robust mode analysis (RMA), to extract primary constituents in a fluid or reacting flow directly from high-frequency, high-resolution experimental data. It is expected to be particularly useful in studying strongly driven flows, where nonlinearities can induce chaotic and irregular dynamics. The lack of precise governing equations and the absence of symmetries or other simplifying constraints in realistic configurations preclude the derivation of analytical solutions for these systems; the presence of flow structures over a wide range of scales handicaps finding their numerical solutions. Thus, the need for direct analysis of experimental data is reinforced. RMA is predicated on the assumption that primary flow constituents are common in multiple, nominally identical realizations of an experiment. Their search relies on the identification of common dynamic modes in the experiments, the commonality established via proximity of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. Robust flow constituents are then constructed by combining common dynamic modes that flow at the same rate. We illustrate RMA using reacting flows behind a symmetric bluff body. Two robust constituents, whose signatures resemble symmetric and von Karman vortex shedding, are identified. It is shown how RMA can be implemented via extended dynamic mode decomposition in flow configurations interrogated with a small number of time-series. This approach may prove useful in analyzing changes in flow patterns in engines and propulsion systems equipped with sturdy arrays of pressure transducers or thermocouples. Finally, an analysis of high Reynolds number jet flows suggests that tests of statistical characterizations in turbulent flows may best be done using non-robust components of the flow.

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  • Gemunu H. Gunaratne & Sukesh Roy, 2021. "Robust Mode Analysis," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(9), pages 1-19, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:9:y:2021:i:9:p:1057-:d:550509
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