# Convolutional-network models to predict wall-bounded turbulence from wall quantities

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.12483 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.12483/

## Key facts

- Cited by 47 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 22 Jun 2020.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Two models based on convolutional neural networks are trained to predict the two-dimensional velocity-fluctuation fields at different wall-normal locations in a turbulent open channel flow, using the wall-shear-stress components and the wall pressure as inputs. The first model is a fully-convolutional neural network (FCN) which directly predicts the fluctuations, while the second one reconstructs the flow fields using a linear combination of orthonormal basis functions, obtained through proper orthogonal decomposition (POD), hence named FCN-POD. Both models are trained using data from two direct numerical simulations (DNS) at friction Reynolds numbers Reτ = 180 and 550. Thanks to their ability to predict the nonlinear interactions in the flow, both models show a better prediction performance than the extended proper orthogonal decomposition (EPOD), which establishes a linear relation between input and output fields. The performance of the various models is compared based on predictions of the instantaneous fluctuation fields, turbulence statistics and power-spectral densities. The FCN exhibits the best predictions closer to the wall, whereas the FCN-POD model provides better predictions at larger wall-normal distances. We also assessed the feasibility of performing transfer learning for the FCN model, using the weights from Reτ=180 to initialize those of the Reτ=550 case. Our results indicate that it is possible to obtain a performance similar to that of the reference model up to y+=50, with 50% and 25% of the original training data. These non-intrusive sensing models will play an important role in applications related to closed-loop control of wall-bounded turbulence.