Title
Identification Of Coherent Structures In Turbulent Shear Flows With A Fuzzy Artmap Neural Network
Abstract
An implementation of a Fuzzy Artmap neural network is used to detect and to identify (recognise) structures (patterns) embedded in the velocity field of a turbulent wake behind a circular cylinder. The net is trained to recognise both clockwise and anticlockwise eddies present in the u and v velocity fields at 420 diameters downstream of the cylinder that generates the wake, using a pre-processed part of the recorded velocity data. The phase relationship that exists between the angles of the velocity vectors of an eddy pattern is used to reduce the number of classes contained in the data, before the start of the training procedure. The net was made stricter by increasing the vigilance parameter within the interval [0.90, 0.95] and a set of net-weights were obtained for each value. Full data files were scanned with the net classifying patterns according to their phase characteristics. The net classifies about 27% of the recorded signals as eddy motions, with the strictest vigilance parameter and without the need to impose external initial templates. Spanwise distances (homogeneous direction of the flow) within the centres of the eddies identified suggest that they form pairs of counter-rotating vortices (double rollers). The number of patterns selected with Fuzzy Artmap is lower than that reported for template matching because the net classifies eddies according to the recirculating pattern present at the core or central region, while template matching extends the region over which correlation between data and template is performed. In both cases, the topology of educed patterns is in agreement.
Year
DOI
Venue
1996
10.1142/S0129065796000555
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEURAL SYSTEMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
neural network,coherent structures,shear flow
Template matching,Computer science,Turbulence,Artificial intelligence,Artificial neural network,Geometry,Wake,Pattern recognition,Simulation,Vector field,Cylinder,Fuzzy logic,Vortex
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
5
0129-0657
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.57
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joan Ferré-giné121.25
Robert Rallo2966.95
A Arenas362338.38
Francesc Giralt4428.36