Early detection of thermoacoustic instability in a solid rocket motor: A generative adversarial network approach with limited data

G Xu, B Wang, Y Guan, Z Wang, P Liu - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic instability (TAI) poses a significant challenge to the development of solid
rocket motor (SRM) and detecting early warning signals (EWS) for TAI is crucial. Deep …

Two spiral vortex breakdowns in confined swirling flow

M Tsoy, S Skripkin, I Litvinov - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Two different scenarios of spiral vortex breakdown are observed experimentally and further
investigated numerically in the swirl flow into a conical diffuser. The primary spiral vortex …

Early detection of Hopf bifurcation in a solid rocket motor via transfer learning

G Xu, B Wang, Y Guan, Z Wang, P Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Hopf bifurcation, a prevalent phenomenon in solid rocket motors (SRMs), signifies a critical
transition from a fixed point to a limit cycle. The detection of early warning signals (EWSs) for …

Effects of velocity regularization on neural network performance in processing particle images

K Ji, X Hui, Q An - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies have witnessed remarkable progress in harnessing convolutional neural
networks (CNNs) to overcome the inherent limitations of conventional particle image …

High-resolution velocity determination from particle images via neural networks with optical flow velocimetry regularization

K Ji, X Hui, Q An - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) and optical flow velocimetry (OFV) are important velocity
measurement methods in the field of fluid dynamics. Nevertheless, the conventional cross …

Experimental study of flow dynamics in a dual-stage annular swirling jet

Y Zhou, A Rinoshika - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, three-dimensional flow structures at a Reynolds number of 16 000 are
measured by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry to reveal the dynamic structures of a …

Cross-correlation-based convolutional neural network with velocity regularization for high-resolution velocimetry of particle images

K Ji, Q An, X Hui - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) stands as a pivotal experimental technique in fluid
dynamics, enabling the visualization and analysis of fluid flows. Traditional methods for …

Impact of density stratification and azimuthal velocity on the growth of coherent structures in a convectively unstable swirl flame

J Zhang, X Hui, Q An, Z Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Large-scale coherent structures resulting from hydrodynamic instabilities can interact with
turbulent swirl flames and lead to combustion instabilities. The present work investigates the …