Euler's optimal profile problem
Optimization and Control
2020-01-17 v2
Abstract
We study an old variational problem formulated by Euler as Proposition 53 of his `Scientia Navalis' by means of the direct method of the calculus of variations. Precisely, through relaxation arguments, we prove the existence of minimizers. We fully investigate the analytical structure of the minimizers in dependence of the geometric parameters and we identify the ranges of uniqueness and non-uniqueness.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.07028,
title = {Euler's optimal profile problem},
author = {Francesco Maddalena and Edoardo Mainini and Danilo Percivale},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.07028},
year = {2020}
}