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Artificial-Intelligence-Controlled Flow Separation from a Longitudinal Slender Axisymmetric Body

  • Y. K. Song
  • , Y. Y. Lin
  • , D. W. Fan
  • , Y. Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The flow separation from a longitudinal slender axisymmetric body is experimentally investigated. The experimental model is a DARPA SUBOFF model with a semi-sphere after-body which is associated with flow separation. The control system employs six tangentially blowing microjets as actuators and a loadcell as the sensor to monitoring the drag force. In conventional open-loop control, the DR is found to be proportional to the total momentum coefficient Cμ of the control jets. At Cμ,ol = 3.23 × 10–2, flow separation is completely suppressed with a pressure recovery of 71.2%, resulting in a considerable DR of 18.23%. However, the control-consumed energy exceeds the energy saved from drag reduction. To improve the control performance, an artificial intelligence (AI) control system is deployed and an unsupervised learning is conducted under an ant colony algorithm with a cost function J = CD. The AI control achieves a DR of 19.8% at Cμ,opt = 0.79 × 10–2 associated with a lower pressure recovery of 94.5%. The power saved from drag reduction is estimated to be 4.9 times of the control input power. The physical mechanism behind the finding is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control - Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control FSSIC 2023
EditorsDaegyoum Kim, Kyung Chun Kim, Yu Zhou, Lixi Huang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages59-64
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789819762101
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event6th Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control, FSSIC 2023 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 26 Aug 202330 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference6th Symposium on Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control, FSSIC 2023
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period26/08/2330/08/23

Keywords

  • Axisymmetric body
  • Drag reduction
  • Flow separation control

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