FNODE: Flow-Matching for data-driven simulation of constrained multibody systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00183v2
• Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:50:09 GMT
• Title: FNODE: Flow-Matching for data-driven simulation of constrained multibody systems
• Authors: Hongyu Wang, Jingquan Wang, Dan Negrut,
• Abstract summary: Flow-Matching Neural Ordinary Differential Equation (FNODE) is a framework that learns acceleration vector fields directly from trajectory data.<n>FNODE eliminates the need for backpropagation through an ODE solver, which represents a bottleneck in traditional Neural ODEs.<n>We evaluate FNODE on a diverse set of benchmarks, including the single and triple mass-spring-damper systems, double pendulum, slider-crank, and cart-pole.
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• Abstract: Data-driven modeling of constrained multibody systems faces two persistent challenges: high computational cost and limited long-term prediction accuracy. To address these issues, we introduce the Flow-Matching Neural Ordinary Differential Equation (FNODE), a framework that learns acceleration vector fields directly from trajectory data. By reformulating the training objective to supervise accelerations rather than integrated states, FNODE eliminates the need for backpropagation through an ODE solver, which represents a bottleneck in traditional Neural ODEs. Acceleration targets are computed efficiently using numerical differentiation techniques, including a hybrid Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and Finite Difference (FD) scheme. We evaluate FNODE on a diverse set of benchmarks, including the single and triple mass-spring-damper systems, double pendulum, slider-crank, and cart-pole. Across all cases, FNODE consistently outperforms existing approaches such as Multi-Body Dynamic Neural ODE (MBD-NODE), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, and Fully Connected Neural Networks (FCNN), demonstrating good accuracy, generalization, and computational efficiency.

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