Identification of parameters in amplitude equations describing coupled wakes (Q675939)

We study the flow behind an array of equally spaced parallel cylinders. A system of Stuart-Landau equations with complex parameters is used to model the oscillating wakes. Our purpose is to identify a set of six scalar parameters which accurately reproduces the experimental data. To doing so, we perform a computational search for the minimum of a distance \(\mathcal J\). We define \(\mathcal J \) as the sum-square difference between the experimental data and reconstructed data obtained from our model. The differences are computed over a ``training window'' (a finite-time interval). The initial conditions are obtained from observations at the beginning of the interval. Boundary conditions are zero amplitude oscillations just outside the domain. The search algorithm uses a backpropagation technique for the computation of the descent direction. Using the parameters computed via the backpropagation method, the coupled Stuart-Landau equations accurately predicted the experimental data over several wake oscillations and reproduced the qualitative features of the dynamics.