A theoretical framework for Koopman analyses of fluid flows, part 2: from linear to nonlinear dynamics

Wei Zhang; Mingjun Wei

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A theoretical framework for Koopman analyses of fluid flows, part 2: from linear to nonlinear dynamics

Wei Zhang·Mingjun Wei

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A theoretic framework for dynamics is obtained by transferring dynamics from state space to its dual space. As a result, the linear structure where dynamics are analytically decomposed to subcomponents and invariant subspaces decomposition based on local Koopman spectral theory are revealed. However, nonlinear dynamics are distinguished from the linear by local exponential dynamics and infinite dimension, where the latter is due to nonlinear interaction and characterized by recursively proliferated Koopman eigenspaces. The new framework provides foundations for dynamic analysis techniques such as global stability analysis (GSA) and dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) technique. Additionally, linear structure via Mercer eigenfunction decomposition derives the well-known proper-orthogonal decomposition (POD). A Hopf bifurcation process of flow past fixed cylinder is decomposed numerically by the DMD technique. The equivalence of Koopman decomposition to the GSA is verified at the primary instability stage. The Fourier modes, the least stable Floquet modes, and their high-order derived modes around the limit cycle solution are found to be the superposition of countably infinite number of Koopman modes when the flows reach periodic. The nonlinear modulation effects on the mean flow is the saturation of the superimposed monotonic Koopman modes. The nonlinear resonance phenomenon is attributed to the alignment of infinite number of Koopman spectrums. The analysis of above nonlinear dynamic process relies on the properties of continuity of Koopman spectrums and state-invariance of Koopman modes discussed in part 1. The coherent structures are found related to the state-invariant modes.

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Wei Zhang, Mingjun Wei. 2020-07-02. A theoretical framework for Koopman analyses of fluid flows, part 2: from linear to nonlinear dynamics. https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01159

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