Numerical model reduction of 2D steady incompressible laminar flows: Application on the flow over a backward-facing step

The numerical solution of most fluid mechanics problems usually needs such a fine mesh that the associated computational times become non-negligible parts in any design process. In order to couple numerical modelling schemes with inversion or control algorithms, the size of such models needs to be highly reduced. The identification method is a way to build low-order models that fit with the original ones. The laminar flow over a backward-facing step is used as a test case. Presented solutions are found to be in good agreement with experimental and numerical results found in the literature.

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