Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2013.

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Main Author: Phadnis, Akash
Other Authors: Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85476
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spelling mit-1721.1/854762019-04-11T11:04:38Z Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems Phadnis, Akash Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197). The science of uncertainty quantification has gained a lot of attention over recent years. This is because models of real processes always contain some elements of uncertainty, and also because real systems can be better described using stochastic components. Stochastic models can therefore be utilized to provide a most informative prediction of possible future states of the system. In light of the multiple scales, nonlinearities and uncertainties in ocean dynamics, stochastic models can be most useful to describe ocean systems. Uncertainty quantification schemes developed in recent years include order reduction methods (e.g. proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)), error subspace statistical estimation (ESSE), polynomial chaos (PC) schemes and dynamically orthogonal (DO) field equations. In this thesis, we focus our attention on DO and various PC schemes for quantifying and predicting uncertainty in systems with external stochastic forcing. We develop and implement these schemes in a generic stochastic solver for a class of non-autonomous linear and nonlinear dynamical systems. This class of systems encapsulates most systems encountered in classic nonlinear dynamics and ocean modeling, including flows modeled by Navier-Stokes equations. We first study systems with uncertainty in input parameters (e.g. stochastic decay models and Kraichnan-Orszag system) and then with external stochastic forcing (autonomous and non-autonomous self-engineered nonlinear systems). For time-integration of system dynamics, stochastic numerical schemes of varied order are employed and compared. Using our generic stochastic solver, the Monte Carlo, DO and polynomial chaos schemes are inter-compared in terms of accuracy of solution and computational cost. To allow accurate time-integration of uncertainty due to external stochastic forcing, we also derive two novel PC schemes, namely, the reduced space KLgPC scheme and the modified TDgPC (MTDgPC) scheme. We utilize a set of numerical examples to show that the two new PC schemes and the DO scheme can integrate both additive and multiplicative stochastic forcing over significant time intervals. For the final example, we consider shallow water ocean surface waves and the modeling of these waves by deterministic dynamics and stochastic forcing components. Specifically, we time-integrate the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with external stochastic forcing, comparing the performance of the DO and Monte Carlo schemes. We find that the DO scheme is computationally efficient to integrate uncertainty in such systems with external stochastic forcing. by Akash Phadnis. S.M. 2014-03-06T15:44:46Z 2014-03-06T15:44:46Z 2013 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85476 870971167 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 197 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Mechanical Engineering.
Phadnis, Akash
Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title_full Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title_fullStr Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title_full_unstemmed Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title_short Uncertainty quantification and prediction for non-autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
title_sort uncertainty quantification and prediction for non autonomous linear and nonlinear systems
topic Mechanical Engineering.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85476
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