https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-6772
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0616-4984
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2182-1783
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-9664
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-5562
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4469-0344
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-3079
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-6772
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0616-4984
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2182-1783
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-9664
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-5562
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4469-0344
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-3079
The shape of liquid droplets in air plays an important role in the aerodynamic behavior and combustion dynamics of miniaturized propulsion systems such as microsatellites and small drones. Their precise manipulation can yield optimal efficiency in such systems. It is desired to have a minimal representation of droplet shapes using as few parameters as possible to automate shape manipulation using self-learning algorithms, such as reinforcement learning. In this paper, we use a neural compression algorithm to represent, with only two parameters, elliptical and bullet-shaped droplets initially represented with 200 points (400 real numbers) at the droplet boundary. The mapping of many to two points is achieved in two stages. Initially, a Fourier series is formulated to approximate the contour of the droplet. Subsequently, the coefficients of this Fourier series are condensed to lower dimensions utilizing a neural network with a bottleneck architecture. Finally, 5000 synthetically generated droplet shapes were used to train the neural network. With a two-real-number representation, the recovered droplet shapes had excellent overlap with the original ones, with a mean square error of . Hence, this method compresses the droplet contour to merely two numerical parameters via a fully reversible process, a crucial feature for rendering learning algorithms computationally tractable.
Droplet Shape Representation Using Fourier Series and Autoencoders
AIAA Journal ; 1-5
01.10.2024
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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