<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">This study analyses the effect of Reynolds number (<i>Re</i>) and bluff
body shape (quantified by shape factor <i>SF</i>) variation on various
hydrodynamic characteristics of unsteady bluff body flow, such as Strouhal
number, maximum lift coefficient, and mean drag coefficient. The study initially
examines a relationship among these characteristics and further utilizes
artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system
(ANFIS) controllers for their precise prediction. The results from real-time
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) experimentations were gathered and considered
to train ANN controllers. A novel ANFIS controller has been designed using only
three membership functions thus solving the problem of fuzzy rule explosion. The
results indicate that both the ANN and ANFIS controllers can precisely predict
these hydrodynamic flow characteristics as validated through minimal values of
root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and mean absolute
percentage error (MAPE). It is observed that ANFIS controller provides better
results compared to the proposed feed-forward ANN controller. The RMSE, MAE, and
MAPE obtained for ANFIS model for different shape factors for maximum lift
coefficient were 0.0024, 0.002, and 0.85%, respectively.</div></div>