The Langevin Approach: A Simple Stochastic Method for Complex Phenomena

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-18206-3_6MaRDI QIDQ2949901zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nico Reinke, André Fuchs, W. Medjroubi, Matthias Wächter, Pedro G. Lind, J. Peinke

Publication date 5 October 2015

Published in Mathematical Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05253

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particle methods and lattice-gas methods (76M28) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

Abstract: We describe a simple stochastic method, so-called Langevin approach, which enables one to extract evolution equations of stochastic variables from a set of measurements. Our method is parameter-free and it is based on the nonlinear Langevin equation. Moreover, it can be applied not only to processes in time, but also to processes in scale, given that the data available shows ergodicity. This chapter introduces the mathematical foundations of the Langevin approach and describes how to implement it numerically. A specific application of the method is presented, namely to a turbulent velocity field measured in the laboratory, retrieving the corresponding energy cascade and comparing with the results from a computational simulation of that experiment. In addition, we describe a physical interpretation bridging between processes in time and in scale. Finally, we describe extensions of the method for time series reconstruction and applications to other fields such as finance, medicine, geophysics and renewable energies.

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• OpenFOAM
• Langevin

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