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20192023
most citedLearning dominant physical processes with data-driven balance models

93 citations · 283 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cs.LG2023

Neural Lumped Parameter Differential Equations with Application in Friction-Stir Processing

James Koch, WoongJo Choi, Ethan King +5

Lumped parameter methods aim to simplify the evolution of spatially-extended or continuous physical systems to that of a "lumped" element representative of the physical scales of t…

nlin.AO2022

Universal Dynamics of Damped-Driven Systems: The Logistic Map as a Normal Form for Energy Balance

J. Nathan Kutz, Aminur Rahman, Megan R. Ebers +2

Damped-driven systems are ubiquitous in engineering and science. Despite the diversity of physical processes observed in a broad range of applications, the underlying instabilities…

math.DS2022★ 11 cited

Structural Inference of Networked Dynamical Systems with Universal Differential Equations

James Koch, Zhao Chen, Aaron Tuor +2

Networked dynamical systems are common throughout science in engineering; e.g., biological networks, reaction networks, power systems, and the like. For many such systems, nonlinea…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 23 cited

Data-Driven Surrogates of Rotating Detonation Engine Physics with Neural ODEs and High-Speed Camera Footage

James Koch

Interacting multi-scale physics present in the Rotating Detonation Engine lead to diverse nonlinear dynamical behavior, including combustion wave mode-locking, modulation, and bifu…

math.DS2020★ 25 cited

Data-driven Modeling of Rotating Detonation Waves

Ariana Mendible, James Koch, Henning Lange +2

The direct monitoring of a rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustion chamber has enabled the observation of combustion front dynamics that are composed of a number of co- and/or…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 71 cited

Modeling Thermodynamic Trends of Rotating Detonation Engines

James Koch, J. Nathan Kutz

The formation of a number of co- and counter-rotating coherent combustion wave fronts is the hallmark feature of the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE). The engineering implications…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 21 cited

Multi-scale Physics of Rotating Detonation Engines: Autosolitons and Modulational Instabilities

James Koch, Mitsuru Kurosaka, Carl Knowlen +1

We develop a theoretical framework that predicts and fully characterizes the diverse experimental observations of the nonlinear, combustion wave propagation in a rotating detonatio…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 93 cited

Learning dominant physical processes with data-driven balance models

Jared L. Callaham, James V. Koch, Bingni W. Brunton +2

Throughout the history of science, physics-based modeling has relied on judiciously approximating observed dynamics as a balance between a few dominant processes. However, this tra…

nlin.PS2019★ 39 cited

Mode-Locked Rotating Detonation Waves: Experiments and a Model Equation

James Koch, Mitsuru Kurosaka, Carl Knowlen +1

Direct observation of a Rotating Detonation Engine combustion chamber has enabled the extraction of the kinematics of its detonation waves. These records exhibit a rich set of inst…