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We develop a new optimisation technique that combines multiresolution subdivision surfaces for boundary description with immersed finite elements for the discretisation of the primal and adjoint problems of optimisation. Similar to wavelets…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Kosala Bandara , Thomas Rüberg , Fehmi Cirak

A moving mesh finite element method is studied for the numerical solution of Bernoulli free boundary problems. The method is based on the pseudo-transient continuation with which a moving boundary problem is constructed and its steady-state…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Jinye Shen , Heng Dai , Weizhang Huang

Forced response curves (FRCs) of nonlinear systems can exhibit complex behaviors, including hardening/softening behavior and bifurcations. Although topology optimization holds great potential for tuning these nonlinear dynamic responses,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Hongming Liang , Matteo Pozzi , Jacopo Marconi , Shobhit Jain , Mingwu Li

Designing high-performance electric machines that maintain their efficiency and reliability under uncertain material and operating conditions is crucial for industrial applications. In this paper, we present a novel framework for robust…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Peter Gangl , Theodor Komann , Nepomuk Krenn , Stefan Ulbrich

A cost functional involving the eigenvalues of an elastic structure, that is described by a multi-phase-field equation, is optimized. This allows us to handle topology changes and multiple materials. We prove continuity and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Patrik Knopf

In this work we propose tailored model order reduction for varying boundary optimal control problems governed by parametric partial differential equations. With varying boundary control, we mean that a specific parameter changes where the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Maria Strazzullo , Fabio Vicini

In this study, we describe a procedure of topology optimization in the framework of the linear Boltzmann equation, implemented using a reference Monte-Carlo particle transport code. This procedure can design complex structures that optimize…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-20 Sébastien Chabod

Robust topology optimization (RTO), as a class of topology optimization problems, identifies a design with the best average performance while reducing the response sensitivity to input uncertainties, e.g. load uncertainty. Solving RTO is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Rini Jasmine Gladstone , Mohammad Amin Nabian , Vahid Keshavarzzadeh , Hadi Meidani

This paper revisits the origin of topology optimisation for fluid flow problems, namely the Poiseuille-based frictional resistance term used to parametrise regions of solid and fluid. The traditional model only works for true topology…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-17 Joe Alexandersen

The paper presents a novel, parameter free, density evaluation method for topology optimization based on normalized product of a scalar field. The approach imposes length scale on solid phase implicitly and allows for pure 0-1 singularity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-25 Nikhil Singh , Anupam Saxena

Topology optimization has emerged as a powerful and increasingly relevant strategy for enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of power system operations. However, solving these problems is computationally demanding due to their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Salvador Pineda , Juan Miguel Morales

The goal of this paper is to address some optimal control and shape optimisation problems arising from bulk-surface cooperative systems. The basic model under consideration is the following: letting $\Omega$ be a fixed domain, we assume…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Andrea Gentile , Idriss Mazari-Fouquer , Raphaël Prunier

A density-based topology optimization framework is developed to manipulate characteristic modes of conducting surfaces. The adjoint sensitivity analysis provides an efficient computation of the material gradient utilized by the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Jonas Tucek , Miloslav Capek , Lukas Jelinek

Nonlinear dynamical systems are complex and typically only simple systems can be analytically studied. In applications, these systems are usually defined with a set of tunable parameters and as the parameters are varied the system response…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-05-05 Max M. Chumley , Firas A. Khasawneh

Topology optimization (TO) is a well-established methodology for structural design under user-defined constraints, e.g. minimum volume and maximum stiffness. However, such methods have traditionally been applied to static, deterministic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Luis Irastorza-Valera , Luis Saucedo-Mora

This paper is concerned with a shape optimization problem governed by a non-smooth PDE, i.e., the nonlinearity in the state equation is not necessarily differentiable. We follow the functional variational approach of [40] where the set of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Livia Betz

We study a class of semilinear free boundary problems in which admissible functions $u$ have a topological constraint, or spanning condition, on their 1-level set. This constraint forces $\{u=1\}$, which is the free boundary, to behave like…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Michael Novack , Daniel Restrepo , Anna Skorobogatova

We consider a shape optimization problem written in the optimal control form: the governing operator is the $p$-Laplacian in the Euclidean space $\R^d$, the cost is of an integral type, and the control variable is the domain of the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Francesco Paolo Maiale , Bozhidar Velichkov

We study solutions to a variational equation that models heat control on the boundary. This problem can be thought of as the two phase parabolic Signorini problem. We show that when the solution has a sign on the boundary, the study of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Mark Allen , Wenhui Shi

The paper is an attempt to generalize a methodology, which is similar to the bounded-input bounded-output method currently widely used for the system stability studies. The presented earlier methodology allows decomposition of input space…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Ziny Flikop