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Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics

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Brunton, Steven L., Noack, Bernd R., Koumoutsakos, Petros·2020·Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

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The field of fluid mechanics is rapidly advancing, driven by unprecedented volumes of data from experiments, field measurements, and large-scale simulations at multiple spatiotemporal scales. Machine learning (ML) offers a wealth of techniques to extract information from data that can be translated into knowledge about the underlying fluid mechanics. Moreover, ML algorithms can augment domain knowledge and automate tasks related to flow control and optimization. This article presents an overview of past history, current developments, and emerging opportunities of ML for fluid mechanics. We outline fundamental ML methodologies and discuss their uses for understanding, modeling, optimizing, and controlling fluid flows. The strengths and limitations of these methods are addressed from the perspective of scientific inquiry that considers data as an inherent part of modeling, experiments, and simulations. ML provides a powerful information-processing framework that can augment, and possibly even transform, current lines of fluid mechanics research and industrial applications.

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Authors: Brunton, S. L., Noack, B. R., & Koumoutsakos, P.
Affiliations: University of Washington (US)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
ETH Zurich (CH)
ORCID: Brunton, Steven L.
Noack, Bernd R.
Koumoutsakos, Petros
Venue: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2020-01-05
Volume: 52
Issue: 1
Pages: 477-508
ISSN: 0066-4189 (ISSN-L)
1545-4479
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010719-060214
OpenAlex: W2973119841
Semantic Scholar: 4087e84fc695bb6433d0104ee94f9d7e9f4b7da5
Cited by: 3,063
References: 139
Citations by year: 2026: 599 · 2025: 554 · 2024: 539 · 2023: 454 · 2022: 408 · 2021: 330 · 2020: 164
FWCI: 16.11
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
arxiv.org
Locations: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (publishedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-11-IDEX-0003, ANR-17-ASTR-0022)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-, W911NF-17-1-0422, AFOSR FA9550-18-1-0200, FA9550-18-1-0200)
Army Research Office (W911NF-17-1-0422, W911NF-17-1-0306, W911NF, ARO W911NF-17-1-0306)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Model Reduction and Neural Networks
Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Keywords: machine learning, fluid mechanics, data-driven modeling, flow control, flow optimization, large-scale simulation, spatial and temporal scales, scientific machine learning

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