Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends

Flow past one or multiple bluff bodies is almost ubiquitous in nature and industrial applications, and its rich underlying physics has made it one of the most typical problems in fluid mechanics and related disciplines. The search for ways to control such problems has attracted extensive attention f...

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Main Authors: Feng Ren, Xin Wen, Hui Tang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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description Flow past one or multiple bluff bodies is almost ubiquitous in nature and industrial applications, and its rich underlying physics has made it one of the most typical problems in fluid mechanics and related disciplines. The search for ways to control such problems has attracted extensive attention from both the scientific and engineering fields, as this could potentially bring about benefits such as reduced drag, mitigated noise, suppressed vibration, and enhanced heat transfer. Flow control can be generally categorized into passive and active approaches, depending on whether there is an external energy input to the flow system. Active control is further divided into open-loop approaches and closed-loop approaches, depending on whether the controller depends on feedback signals extracted from the flow system. Unlike in many other applications of passive flow control and open-loop active flow control, theoretically advantageous closed-loop controls are quite rare in this area, due to the complicated features of flow systems. In this article, we review the recent progress in and future perspectives of flow past a single or multiple bluff bodies using model-free closed-loop control so as to outline the state-of-the-art research, determine the physical rationale, and point to some future research directions in this field.
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spelling doaj-art-076f2c092a4d467aa8f2f8f3171fdf152025-08-20T02:00:55ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252024-11-01131248810.3390/act13120488Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging TrendsFeng Ren0Xin Wen1Hui Tang2School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200241, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ChinaFlow past one or multiple bluff bodies is almost ubiquitous in nature and industrial applications, and its rich underlying physics has made it one of the most typical problems in fluid mechanics and related disciplines. The search for ways to control such problems has attracted extensive attention from both the scientific and engineering fields, as this could potentially bring about benefits such as reduced drag, mitigated noise, suppressed vibration, and enhanced heat transfer. Flow control can be generally categorized into passive and active approaches, depending on whether there is an external energy input to the flow system. Active control is further divided into open-loop approaches and closed-loop approaches, depending on whether the controller depends on feedback signals extracted from the flow system. Unlike in many other applications of passive flow control and open-loop active flow control, theoretically advantageous closed-loop controls are quite rare in this area, due to the complicated features of flow systems. In this article, we review the recent progress in and future perspectives of flow past a single or multiple bluff bodies using model-free closed-loop control so as to outline the state-of-the-art research, determine the physical rationale, and point to some future research directions in this field.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/13/12/488active flow controlflow past a bluff bodymachine learning
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active flow control
flow past a bluff body
machine learning
title Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends
title_full Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends
title_fullStr Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends
title_full_unstemmed Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends
title_short Model-Free Closed-Loop Control of Flow Past a Bluff Body: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Trends
title_sort model free closed loop control of flow past a bluff body methods applications and emerging trends
topic active flow control
flow past a bluff body
machine learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/13/12/488
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