Determining the sensitivity of model outputs to input parameters is an important precursor to developing informative parameter studies, building surrogate models, and performing rigorous uncertainty quantification. Determining parameter sensitivities over a range of parameter values, termed global sensitivity analysis, requires many model evaluations sampled over the parameter space, which is intractable for many large-scale computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications. For moderate parameter dimensions, we propose the use of Morris screening, a one-at-a-time quasi-global method for estimating parameter sensitivities over a range of parameter values for CFD simulations. The Morris method is implemented within a CFD framework that utilizes adaptive grid refinement, thereby enabling its application to state-of-the-art production-level problems. The method is shown to be viable for a model problem of supersonic flow over an axisymmetric capsule geometry with both physical and nonphysical (i.e., simulation-informing) input parameters. It is shown that Morris screening identifies relative parameter sensitivities consistent with those of more costly experimental and computational studies that were previously performed on this geometry.
Quasi-Global Sensitivity Analysis of Supersonic Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations
AIAA Journal ; 62 , 6 ; 2135-2143
2024-02-22
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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