A hybrid point-particle force model that combines physical and data-driven approaches
Here this study improves upon the physics-based pairwise interaction extended point-particle (PIEP) model. The PIEP model leverages our physical understanding to predict fluid mediated interactions between solid particles. By considering the relative location of neighboring particles, the PIEP model is able to provide better predictions than existing drag models. While the current physical PIEP model is a powerful tool, its assumptions lead to increased error in flows with higher particle volume fractions. To reduce this error, a regression algorithm makes direct use of the results of direct numerical simulations (DNS) of an array of monodisperse solid particles subjected to uniform ambient flow at varying Reynolds numbers. The resulting statistical model and the physical PIEP model are superimposed to construct a hybrid, physics-based data-driven PIEP model. It must be noted that the performance of a pure data-driven approach without the model-form provided by the physical PIEP model is substantially inferior. The hybrid model's predictive capabilities are analyzed using additional DNS data that was not part of training the data-driven model. In every case tested, the hybrid models resulting from the regression were capable of (1) improving upon the physical PIEP model's prediction and (2) recovering underlying relevant physics from the DNS data. As the particle volume fraction increases, the physical PIEP model loses the ability to approximate the forces experienced by the particles, but the statistical model continues to produce accurate approximations.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002378; DGE-1315138; DGE-1842473; N00014-16-1-2617
- OSTI ID:
- 1614516
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1547727
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 385, Issue C; ISSN 0021-9991
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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