Digital Twin of PR-DNS: Accelerating Dynamical Fields with Neural
Operators in Particle-Resolved Direct Numerical Simulation
Abstract
Particle-resolved direct numerical simulations (PR-DNS) play an
increasing role in investigating aerosol-cloud-turbulence interactions
at the most fundamental level of processes. However, the high
computational cost associated with high resolution simulations poses
considerable challenges for large domain or long duration simulation
using PR-DNS. To address these issues, here we present a digital twin
model of the complex physics-based PR-DNS developed by use of the
data-driven Fourier Neural Operator (FNO) method. The results
demonstrate high accuracy at various resolutions and the digital twin
model is two orders of magnitude cheaper in terms of computational
demand compared to the physics-based PR-DNS model. Furthermore, the FNO
digital-twin model exhibits strong generalization capabilities for
different initial conditions and ultra-high-resolution without the need
to retrain models. These findings highlight the potential of the FNO
method as a promising tool to simulate complex fluid dynamics problems
with high accuracy, computational efficiency, and generalization
capabilities, enhancing our understanding of the
aerosol-cloud-precipitation system.