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Stochastic Approaches to Uncertainty Quantification in CFD Simulations
Authors:Lionel Mathelin  M Yousuff Hussaini and Thomas A Zang
Institution:(1) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120, USA;(2) NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, USA;(3) Present address: LIMSI–CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Abstract:This paper discusses two stochastic approaches to computing the propagation of uncertainty in numerical simulations: polynomial chaos and stochastic collocation. Chebyshev polynomials are used in both cases for the conventional, deterministic portion of the discretization in physical space. For the stochastic parameters, polynomial chaos utilizes a Galerkin approximation based upon expansions in Hermite polynomials, whereas stochastic collocation rests upon a novel transformation between the stochastic space and an artificial space. In our present implementation of stochastic collocation, Legendre interpolating polynomials are employed. These methods are discussed in the specific context of a quasi-one-dimensional nozzle flow with uncertainty in inlet conditions and nozzle shape. It is shown that both stochastic approaches efficiently handle uncertainty propagation. Furthermore, these approaches enable computation of statistical moments of arbitrary order in a much more effective way than other usual techniques such as the Monte Carlo simulation or perturbation methods. The numerical results indicate that the stochastic collocation method is substantially more efficient than the full Galerkin, polynomial chaos method. Moreover, the stochastic collocation method extends readily to highly nonlinear equations. An important application is to the stochastic Riemann problem, which is of particular interest for spectral discontinuous Galerkin methods.
Keywords:uncertainty  stochastic  probabilistic  polynomial chaos  nozzle flow
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