Transported snapshot model order reduction approach for parametric, steady‐state fluid flows containing parameter‐dependent shocks

Summary A new model order reduction approach is proposed for parametric steady‐state nonlinear fluid flows characterized by shocks and discontinuities whose spatial locations and orientations are strongly parameter dependent. In this method, solutions in the predictive regime are approximated using a linear superposition of parameter‐dependent basis. The sought‐after parametric reduced bases are obtained by transporting the snapshots in a spatially and parametrically dependent transport field. Key to the proposed approach is the observation that the transport fields are typically smooth and continuous, despite the solution themselves not being so. As a result, the transport fields can be accurately expressed using a low‐order polynomial expansion. Similar to traditional projection‐based model order reduction approaches, the proposed method is formulated mathematically as a residual minimization problem for the generalized coordinates. The proposed approach is also integrated with well‐known hyper‐reduction strategies to obtain significant computational speedups. The method is successfully applied to the reduction of a parametric one‐dimensional flow in a converging‐diverging nozzle, a parametric two‐dimensional supersonic flow over a forward‐facing step, and a parametric two‐dimensional jet diffusion flame in a combustor.