TY - JOUR T1 - The Neural Network shifted-proper orthogonal decomposition: A machine learning approach for non-linear reduction of hyperbolic equations JF - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Y1 - 2022 A1 - Davide Papapicco A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Michele Girfoglio A1 - Giovanni Stabile A1 - Gianluigi Rozza KW - Advection KW - Computational complexity KW - Deep neural network KW - Deep neural networks KW - Linear subspace KW - Multiphase simulations KW - Non linear KW - Nonlinear hyperbolic equation KW - Partial differential equations KW - Phase space methods KW - Pre-processing KW - Principal component analysis KW - reduced order modeling KW - Reduced order modelling KW - Reduced-order model KW - Shifted-POD AB -

Models with dominant advection always posed a difficult challenge for projection-based reduced order modelling. Many methodologies that have recently been proposed are based on the pre-processing of the full-order solutions to accelerate the Kolmogorov N−width decay thereby obtaining smaller linear subspaces with improved accuracy. These methods however must rely on the knowledge of the characteristic speeds in phase space of the solution, limiting their range of applicability to problems with explicit functional form for the advection field. In this work we approach the problem of automatically detecting the correct pre-processing transformation in a statistical learning framework by implementing a deep-learning architecture. The purely data-driven method allowed us to generalise the existing approaches of linear subspace manipulation to non-linear hyperbolic problems with unknown advection fields. The proposed algorithm has been validated against simple test cases to benchmark its performances and later successfully applied to a multiphase simulation. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

VL - 392 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124488633&doi=10.1016%2fj.cma.2022.114687&partnerID=40&md5=12f82dcaba04c4a7c44f8e5b20101997 ER - TY - CONF T1 - A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Approach for Parameters Reduction of Single Shot Detector Networks T2 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) Y1 - 2022 A1 - Laura Meneghetti A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Gianluigi Rozza JF - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) ER - TY - ABST T1 - A Dimensionality Reduction Approach for Convolutional Neural Networks Y1 - 2021 A1 - Laura Meneghetti A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Gianluigi Rozza ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A dynamic mode decomposition extension for the forecasting of parametric dynamical systems JF - arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09155 Y1 - 2021 A1 - Francesco Andreuzzi A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Gianluigi Rozza ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An efficient computational framework for naval shape design and optimization problems by means of data-driven reduced order modeling techniques JF - Bolletino dell Unione Matematica Italiana Y1 - 2021 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Giulio Ortali A1 - Gianluca Gustin A1 - Gianluigi Rozza A1 - Gianpiero Lavini AB -

This contribution describes the implementation of a data-driven shape optimization pipeline in a naval architecture application. We adopt reduced order models in order to improve the efficiency of the overall optimization, keeping a modular and equation-free nature to target the industrial demand. We applied the above mentioned pipeline to a realistic cruise ship in order to reduce the total drag. We begin by defining the design space, generated by deforming an initial shape in a parametric way using free form deformation. The evaluation of the performance of each new hull is determined by simulating the flux via finite volume discretization of a two-phase (water and air) fluid. Since the fluid dynamics model can result very expensive—especially dealing with complex industrial geometries—we propose also a dynamic mode decomposition enhancement to reduce the computational cost of a single numerical simulation. The real-time computation is finally achieved by means of proper orthogonal decomposition with Gaussian process regression technique. Thanks to the quick approximation, a genetic optimization algorithm becomes feasible to converge towards the optimal shape.

VL - 14 ER - TY - UNPB T1 - AN EXTENDED PHYSICS INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK FOR PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF PARAMETRIC OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS Y1 - 2021 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Maria Strazzullo A1 - Gianluigi Rozza ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Hull Shape Design Optimization with Parameter Space and Model Reductions, and Self-Learning Mesh Morphing JF - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Y1 - 2021 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In the field of parametric partial differential equations, shape optimization represents a challenging problem due to the required computational resources. In this contribution, a data-driven framework involving multiple reduction techniques is proposed to reduce such computational burden. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and active subspace genetic algorithm (ASGA) are applied for a dimensional reduction of the original (high fidelity) model and for an efficient genetic optimization based on active subspace property. The parameterization of the shape is applied directly to the computational mesh, propagating the generic deformation map applied to the surface (of the object to optimize) to the mesh nodes using a radial basis function (RBF) interpolation. Thus, topology and quality of the original mesh are preserved, enabling application of POD-based reduced order modeling techniques, and avoiding the necessity of additional meshing steps. Model order reduction is performed coupling POD and Gaussian process regression (GPR) in a data-driven fashion. The framework is validated on a benchmark ship.

VL - 9 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/2/185 ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Neural Network shifted-Proper Orthogonal Decomposition: a Machine Learning Approach for Non-linear Reduction of Hyperbolic Equations Y1 - 2021 A1 - Davide Papapicco A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Michele Girfoglio A1 - Giovanni Stabile A1 - Gianluigi Rozza ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PyGeM: Python Geometrical Morphing JF - Software Impacts Y1 - 2021 A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza KW - Free form deformation KW - Geometrical morphing KW - Inverse distance weighting KW - Python KW - Radial basis functions interpolation AB - PyGeM is an open source Python package which allows to easily parametrize and deform 3D object described by CAD files or 3D meshes. It implements several morphing techniques such as free form deformation, radial basis function interpolation, and inverse distance weighting. Due to its versatility in dealing with different file formats it is particularly suited for researchers and practitioners both in academia and in industry interested in computational engineering simulations and optimization studies. VL - 7 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A supervised learning approach involving active subspaces for an efficient genetic algorithm in high-dimensional optimization problems JF - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Y1 - 2021 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In this work, we present an extension of the genetic algorithm (GA) which exploits the active subspaces (AS) property to evolve the individuals on a lower dimensional space. In many cases, GA requires in fact more function evaluations than others optimization method to converge to the optimum. Thus, complex and high-dimensional functions may result intractable with the standard algorithm. To address this issue, we propose to linearly map the input parameter space of the original function onto its AS before the evolution, performing the mutation and mate processes in a lower dimensional space. In this contribution, we describe the novel method called ASGA, presenting differences and similarities with the standard GA method. We test the proposed method over n-dimensional benchmark functions – Rosenbrock, Ackley, Bohachevsky, Rastrigin, Schaffer N. 7, and Zakharov – and finally we apply it to an aeronautical shape optimization problem.

VL - 43 UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.07282 IS - 3 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Advances in reduced order methods for parametric industrial problems in computational fluid dynamics T2 - Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018 Y1 - 2020 A1 - Gianluigi Rozza A1 - M.H. Malik A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Michele Girfoglio A1 - Giovanni Stabile A1 - Andrea Mola AB -

Reduced order modeling has gained considerable attention in recent decades owing to the advantages offered in reduced computational times and multiple solutions for parametric problems. The focus of this manuscript is the application of model order reduction techniques in various engineering and scientific applications including but not limited to mechanical, naval and aeronautical engineering. The focus here is kept limited to computational fluid mechanics and related applications. The advances in the reduced order modeling with proper orthogonal decomposition and reduced basis method are presented as well as a brief discussion of dynamic mode decomposition and also some present advances in the parameter space reduction. Here, an overview of the challenges faced and possible solutions are presented with examples from various problems.

JF - Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075395686&partnerID=40&md5=fb0b1a3cfdfd35a104db9921bc9be675 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Enhancing CFD predictions in shape design problems by model and parameter space reduction JF - Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences Y1 - 2020 A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Giovanni Stabile A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In this work we present an advanced computational pipeline for the approximation and prediction of the lift coefficient of a parametrized airfoil profile. The non-intrusive reduced order method is based on dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) and it is coupled with dynamic active subspaces (DyAS) to enhance the future state prediction of the target function and reduce the parameter space dimensionality. The pipeline is based on high-fidelity simulations carried out by the application of finite volume method for turbulent flows, and automatic mesh morphing through radial basis functions interpolation technique. The proposed pipeline is able to save 1/3 of the overall computational resources thanks to the application of DMD. Moreover exploiting DyAS and performing the regression on a lower dimensional space results in the reduction of the relative error in the approximation of the time-varying lift coefficient by a factor 2 with respect to using only the DMD.

VL - 7 UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05237 IS - 40 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Reduced order isogeometric analysis approach for pdes in parametrized domains JF - Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering Y1 - 2020 A1 - Fabrizio Garotta A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Massimo Carraturo A1 - Alessandro Reali A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In this contribution, we coupled the isogeometric analysis to a reduced order modelling technique in order to provide a computationally efficient solution in parametric domains. In details, we adopt the free-form deformation method to obtain the parametric formulation of the domain and proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation for the computational reduction of the model. This technique provides a real-time solution for any parameter by combining several solutions, in this case computed using isogeometric analysis on different geometrical configurations of the domain, properly mapped into a reference configuration. We underline that this reduced order model requires only the full-order solutions, making this approach non-intrusive. We present in this work the results of the application of this methodology to a heat conduction problem inside a deformable collector pipe.

VL - 137 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089615035&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-48721-8_7&partnerID=40&md5=7b15836ae65fa28dcfe8733788d7730c ER - TY - CONF T1 - A complete data-driven framework for the efficient solution of parametric shape design and optimisation in naval engineering problems T2 - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, MARINE 2019 Y1 - 2019 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In the reduced order modeling (ROM) framework, the solution of a parametric partial differential equation is approximated by combining the high-fidelity solutions of the problem at hand for several properly chosen configurations. Examples of the ROM application, in the naval field, can be found in [31, 24]. Mandatory ingredient for the ROM methods is the relation between the high-fidelity solutions and the parameters. Dealing with geometrical parameters, especially in the industrial context, this relation may be unknown and not trivial (simulations over hand morphed geometries) or very complex (high number of parameters or many nested morphing techniques). To overcome these scenarios, we propose in this contribution an efficient and complete data-driven framework involving ROM techniques for shape design and optimization, extending the pipeline presented in [7]. By applying the singular value decomposition (SVD) to the points coordinates defining the hull geometry — assuming the topology is inaltered by the deformation —, we are able to compute the optimal space which the deformed geometries belong to, hence using the modal coefficients as the new parameters we can reconstruct the parametric formulation of the domain. Finally the output of interest is approximated using the proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation technique. To conclude, we apply this framework to a naval shape design problem where the bulbous bow is morphed to reduce the total resistance of the ship advancing in calm water.

JF - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, MARINE 2019 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075342565&partnerID=40&md5=d76b8a1290053e7a84fb8801c0e6bb3d ER - TY - CONF T1 - A complete data-driven framework for the efficient solution of parametric shape design and optimisation in naval engineering problems T2 - VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering Y1 - 2019 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

In the reduced order modeling (ROM) framework, the solution of a parametric partial differential equation is approximated by combining the high-fidelity solutions of the problem at hand for several properly chosen configurations. Examples of the ROM application, in the naval field, can be found in [31, 24]. Mandatory ingredient for the ROM methods is the relation between the high-fidelity solutions and the parameters. Dealing with geometrical parameters, especially in the industrial context, this relation may be unknown and not trivial (simulations over hand morphed geometries) or very complex (high number of parameters or many nested morphing techniques). To overcome these scenarios, we propose in this contribution an efficient and complete data-driven framework involving ROM techniques for shape design and optimization, extending the pipeline presented in [7]. By applying the singular value decomposition (SVD) to the points coordinates defining the hull geometry –- assuming the topology is inaltered by the deformation –-, we are able to compute the optimal space which the deformed geometries belong to, hence using the modal coefficients as the new parameters we can reconstruct the parametric formulation of the domain. Finally the output of interest is approximated using the proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation technique. To conclude, we apply this framework to a naval shape design problem where the bulbous bow is morphed to reduce the total resistance of the ship advancing in calm water.

JF - VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05982 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A non-intrusive approach for the reconstruction of POD modal coefficients through active subspaces JF - Comptes Rendus - Mecanique Y1 - 2019 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

Reduced order modeling (ROM) provides an efficient framework to compute solutions of parametric problems. Basically, it exploits a set of precomputed high-fidelity solutions—computed for properly chosen parameters, using a full-order model—in order to find the low dimensional space that contains the solution manifold. Using this space, an approximation of the numerical solution for new parameters can be computed in real-time response scenario, thanks to the reduced dimensionality of the problem. In a ROM framework, the most expensive part from the computational viewpoint is the calculation of the numerical solutions using the full-order model. Of course, the number of collected solutions is strictly related to the accuracy of the reduced order model. In this work, we aim at increasing the precision of the model also for few input solutions by coupling the proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation (PODI)—a data-driven reduced order method—with the active subspace (AS) property, an emerging tool for reduction in parameter space. The enhanced ROM results in a reduced number of input solutions to reach the desired accuracy. In this contribution, we present the numerical results obtained by applying this method to a structural problem and in a fluid dynamics one.

VL - 347 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075379471&doi=10.1016%2fj.crme.2019.11.012&partnerID=40&md5=dcb27af39dc14dc8c3a4a5f681f7d84b ER - TY - CONF T1 - Shape optimization through proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation and dynamic mode decomposition enhanced by active subspaces T2 - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, MARINE 2019 Y1 - 2019 A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB -

We propose a numerical pipeline for shape optimization in naval engineering involving two different non-intrusive reduced order method (ROM) techniques. Such methods are proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation (PODI) and dynamic mode decomposition (DMD). The ROM proposed will be enhanced by active subspaces (AS) as a pre-processing tool that reduce the parameter space dimension and suggest better sampling of the input space. We will focus on geometrical parameters describing the perturbation of a reference bulbous bow through the free form deformation (FFD) technique. The ROM are based on a finite volume method (FV) to simulate the multi-phase incompressible flow around the deformed hulls. In previous works we studied the reduction of the parameter space in naval engineering through AS [38, 10] focusing on different parts of the hull. PODI and DMD have been employed for the study of fast and reliable shape optimization cycles on a bulbous bow in [9]. The novelty of this work is the simultaneous reduction of both the input parameter space and the output fields of interest. In particular AS will be trained computing the total drag resistance of a hull advancing in calm water and its gradients with respect to the input parameters. DMD will improve the performance of each simulation of the campaign using only few snapshots of the solution fields in order to predict the regime state of the system. Finally PODI will interpolate the coefficients of the POD decomposition of the output fields for a fast approximation of all the fields at new untried parameters given by the optimization algorithm. This will result in a non-intrusive data-driven numerical optimization pipeline completely independent with respect to the full order solver used and it can be easily incorporated into existing numerical pipelines, from the reference CAD to the optimal shape.

JF - 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, MARINE 2019 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075390244&partnerID=40&md5=3e1f2e9a2539d34594caff13766c94b8 ER - TY - Generic T1 - An efficient shape parametrisation by free-form deformation enhanced by active subspace for hull hydrodynamic ship design problems in open source environment T2 - The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference Y1 - 2018 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza KW - Active subspaces KW - Boundary element method KW - Dynamic mode decomposition KW - Fluid structure interaction KW - Free form deformation KW - Fully nonlinear potential KW - Numerical towing tank AB - In this contribution, we present the results of the application of a parameter space reduction methodology based on active subspaces to the hull hydrodynamic design problem. Several parametric deformations of an initial hull shape are considered to assess the influence of the shape parameters considered on the hull total drag. The hull resistance is typically computed by means of numerical simulations of the hydrodynamic flow past the ship. Given the high number of parameters involved - which might result in a high number of time consuming hydrodynamic simulations - assessing whether the parameters space can be reduced would lead to considerable computational cost reduction. Thus, the main idea of this work is to employ the active subspaces to identify possible lower dimensional structures in the parameter space, or to verify the parameter distribution in the position of the control points. To this end, a fully automated procedure has been implemented to produce several small shape perturbations of an original hull CAD geometry which are then used to carry out high-fidelity flow simulations and collect data for the active subspaces analysis. To achieve full automation of the open source pipeline described, both the free form deformation methodology employed for the hull perturbations and the solver based on unsteady potential flow theory, with fully nonlinear free surface treatment, are directly interfaced with CAD data structures and operate using IGES vendor-neutral file formats as input files. The computational cost of the fluid dynamic simulations is further reduced through the application of dynamic mode decomposition to reconstruct the steady state total drag value given only few initial snapshots of the simulation. The active subspaces analysis is here applied to the geometry of the DTMB-5415 naval combatant hull, which is which is a common benchmark in ship hydrodynamics simulations. JF - The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference PB - International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers CY - Sapporo, Japan UR - https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ISOPE-I-18-481 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - EZyRB: Easy Reduced Basis method JF - The Journal of Open Source Software Y1 - 2018 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Gianluigi Rozza VL - 3 UR - https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00661 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Model Order Reduction by means of Active Subspaces and Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Parametric Hull Shape Design Hydrodynamics T2 - Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future: Proceedings of NAV 2018: 19th International Conference on Ship & Maritime Research Y1 - 2018 A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Mahmoud Gadalla A1 - Andrea Mola A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB - We present the results of the application of a parameter space reduction methodology based on active subspaces (AS) to the hull hydrodynamic design problem. Several parametric deformations of an initial hull shape are considered to assess the influence of the shape parameters on the hull wave resistance. Such problem is relevant at the preliminary stages of the ship design, when several flow simulations are carried out by the engineers to establish a certain sensibility with respect to the parameters, which might result in a high number of time consuming hydrodynamic simulations. The main idea of this work is to employ the AS to identify possible lower dimensional structures in the parameter space. The complete pipeline involves the use of free form deformation to parametrize and deform the hull shape, the full order solver based on unsteady potential flow theory with fully nonlinear free surface treatment directly interfaced with CAD, the use of dynamic mode decomposition to reconstruct the final steady state given only few snapshots of the simulation, and the reduction of the parameter space by AS, and shared subspace. Response surface method is used to minimize the total drag. JF - Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future: Proceedings of NAV 2018: 19th International Conference on Ship & Maritime Research PB - IOS Press CY - Trieste, Italy UR - http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/49270 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PyDMD: Python Dynamic Mode Decomposition JF - The Journal of Open Source Software Y1 - 2018 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Gianluigi Rozza VL - 3 UR - https://joss.theoj.org/papers/734e4326edd5062c6e8ee98d03df9e1d ER - TY - CONF T1 - Shape Optimization by means of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition T2 - Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future: Proceedings of NAV 2018: 19th International Conference on Ship & Maritime Research Y1 - 2018 A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Marco Tezzele A1 - Gianluca Gustin A1 - Gianpiero Lavini A1 - Gianluigi Rozza AB - Shape optimization is a challenging task in many engineering fields, since the numerical solutions of parametric system may be computationally expensive. This work presents a novel optimization procedure based on reduced order modeling, applied to a naval hull design problem. The advantage introduced by this method is that the solution for a specific parameter can be expressed as the combination of few numerical solutions computed at properly chosen parametric points. The reduced model is built using the proper orthogonal decomposition with interpolation (PODI) method. We use the free form deformation (FFD) for an automated perturbation of the shape, and the finite volume method to simulate the multiphase incompressible flow around the deformed hulls. Further computational reduction is done by the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) technique: from few high dimensional snapshots, the system evolution is reconstructed and the final state of the simulation is faithfully approximated. Finally the global optimization algorithm iterates over the reduced space: the approximated drag and lift coefficients are projected to the hull surface, hence the resistance is evaluated for the new hulls until the convergence to the optimal shape is achieved. We will present the results obtained applying the described procedure to a typical Fincantieri cruise ship. JF - Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future: Proceedings of NAV 2018: 19th International Conference on Ship & Maritime Research PB - IOS Press CY - Trieste, Italy UR - http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/49229 ER - TY - CONF T1 - Experience on vectorizing lattice Boltzmann kernels for multi-and many-core architectures T2 - International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics Y1 - 2015 A1 - Calore, Enrico A1 - Nicola Demo A1 - Schifano, Sebastiano Fabio A1 - Tripiccione, Raffaele JF - International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics PB - Springer ER -