Bi-fidelity approximation for uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of irradiated particle-laden turbulence.
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Center for Turbulence Research
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Computing Research
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Efficiently performing predictive studies of irradiated particle-laden turbulent flows has the potential of providing significant contributions towards better understanding and optimizing, for example, concentrated solar power systems. As there are many uncertainties inherent in such flows, conducting uncertainty quantification analyses is fundamental to improve the predictive capabilities of the numerical simulations. For largescale, multi-physics problems exhibiting high-dimensional uncertainty, characterizing the stochastic solution presents a significant computational challenge as many methods require a large number of high-fidelity, forward model solves. This requirement results in the need for a possibly infeasible number of simulations when a typical converged high-fidelity simulation requires intensive computational resources. To reduce the cost of quantifying high-dimensional uncertainties, we investigate the application of a non-intrusive, bi-fidelity approximation to estimate statistics of quantities of interest associated with an irradiated particle-laden turbulent flow. This method relies on exploiting the low-rank structure of the solution to accelerate the stochastic sampling and approximation processes by means of cheaper-to-run, lower fidelity representations. The application of this bi-fidelity approximation results in accurate estimates of the QoI statistics while requiring a small number of high-fidelity model evaluations. It also enables efficient computation of sensitivity analyses which highlight that epistemic uncertainty plays an important role in the solution of irradiated, particle-laden turbulent flow.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1463950
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2018-8545R; 666739
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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