Flow around a Square Cylinder
Velocity Vorticity Rate of strain Relevance high velocity
magnitude positive Q high Haimes &
Kenwright Coherency c_dotv 2nd moment of
Euclidean norm c_diffv
Coh. thresh. 0.06 0.1 0.16
1
0
relevance
0
u
0.9 1.15 1.35relevance
0 1
Relevance measure for
Velocity
relevance
0 1
Relevance measure for
Vorticity
1
‐1.830 0.25 0.5 5.48
relevance
Q
0
relevance
0 1
Relevance measure for Rate of Strain
1
00
HK
0.33 0.73 2.38
relevance
Result
Flow in a Box
Velocity Vorticity Rate of strain Relevance upstream
velocity negative λ2 negative Q Coherency c_dotv c_diffv entropy of
Frobenius norm
Coh. thresh. 0.1 0.15 0.3
1
0
relevance
0
u
10 21 54
relevance
0 1
Relevance measure for
Velocity
relevance
λ
20 1
1
0‐2e+6 ‐1.7e+5 ‐1e+5 0 6.2e+6
relevance
Relevance measure for
Vorticity
relevance
‐6.5e+6
Q
‐9e+4 ‐5e+4 0 1.9e+6
0 1
1
0
relevance
Relevance
measure for
Rate of Strain
Result
Exhaust Manifold
Velocity Vorticity Rate of strain Relevance upstream
velocity negative λ2 negative Q Coherency c_dotv entropy of
Euclidean norm c_dotv
Coh. thresh. 0.25 0.4 0.4
Relevance measure for
Velocity u
x‐92 ‐30 ‐2 222
re le va n ce
0 1
1
0
relevance
u
y‐134 0 20 43 88
We identify the upstream velocity as the max of these relevance measures
Relevance measure for
Vorticity
‐2144
λ
2‐150 ‐50 0 777
re le va n ce
0 1
1
0
relevance
Q
re le va n ce
0 1
1
0
relevance
Relevance measure for Rate of Strain
‐1660 ‐500 ‐35 2535