Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) for optimal control in direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow

• Published in: Journal of computational physics Vol. 256; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Badreddine, Hassan, Vandewalle, Stefan, Meyers, Johan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adjoint equations; Algorithms; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Damped limited-memory BFGS; Direct Numerical Simulations; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Optimal control; Optimization; Sequential Quadratic Programming; Turbulence; Turbulent flow; Turbulent mixing layer; Turbulent mixing layer; Direct Numerical Simulations; Adjoint equations; Damped limited-memory BFGS; Optimal control; Sequential Quadratic Programming
• ISSN: 0021-9991; 1090-2716
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.08.044

The current work focuses on the development and application of an efficient algorithm for optimization of three-dimensional turbulent flows, simulated using Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) or Large-Eddy Simulations, and further characterized by large-dimensional optimization-parameter spaces. The...