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The minimal resistance problem in a class of non convex bodies

Optimization and Control 2017-07-21 v1

Abstract

We characterize the solution to the Newton minimal resistance problem in a class of radial q-concave profiles. We also give the corresponding result for one-dimensional profiles. Moreover, we provide a numerical optimization algorithm for the general nonradial case.

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@article{arxiv.1707.06274,
  title  = {The minimal resistance problem in a class of non convex bodies},
  author = {Edoardo Mainini and Manuel Monteverde and Edouard Oudet and Danilo Percivale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.06274},
  year   = {2017}
}