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We consider the $3$D problem of shape optimization of blood flows in moving domains. Such a geometry is adopted to take into account the modeling of rotating systems and blood pumps for instance. The blood flow is described by generalized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Valentin Calisti , Šárka Nečasová

The isogeometric approximation of the Stokes problem in a trimmed domain is studied. This setting is characterized by an underlying mesh unfitted with the boundary of the physical domain making the imposition of the essential boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Riccardo Puppi

We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf , Tim Laux

This paper investigates the Nash equilibrium of a bi-objective optimal control problem governed by the Stokes equations. A multi-objective Nash strategy is formulated, and fundamental theoretical results are established, including the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Kedarnath Buda , B. V. Rathish Kumar , Anil Rathi

In this paper, we investigate an optimal control problem governed by parabolic equations with measure-valued controls over time. We establish the well-posedness of the optimal control problem and derive the first-order optimality condition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Wei Gong , Dongdong Liang

We analyze the theoretical framework of a shape optimization problem for a microchannel cooling system. To this end, a cost functional based on the tracking of absorbed energy by the cooler as well as some desired flow on a subdomain of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth , Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau

T. Borrvall and J. Petersson [Topology optimization of fluids in Stokes flow, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 41 (1) (2003) 77--107] developed the first model for topology optimization of fluids in Stokes flow. They…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-14 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos , Endre Süli

Many physical phenomena, governed by partial differential equations (PDEs), are second order in nature. This makes sense to pose the control on the second order derivatives of the field solution, in addition to zero and first order ones, to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-11 Rouhollah Tavakoli

We study the Stokes problem in a bounded planar domain $\Omega$ with a friction type boundary condition that switches between a slip and no-slip stage. Unlike our previous work [6], in the present paper the threshold value may depend on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-22 Jaroslav Haslinger , Jan Stebel

A non-conventional shape optimization approach is introduced to address the identification of an obstacle immersed in a fluid described by the Stokes equation within a larger bounded domain, relying on boundary measurements on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago , Lekbir Afraites , Hirofumi Notsu

In general, standard necessary optimality conditions cannot be formulated in a straightforward manner for semi-smooth shape optimization problems. In this paper, we consider shape optimization problems constrained by variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Daniel Luft , Volker H. Schulz , Kathrin Welker

We investigate a complex system involving multiple shapes to be optimized in a domain, taking into account geometric constraints on the shapes and uncertainty appearing in the physics. We connect the differential geometry of product shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Caroline Geiersbach , Tim Suchan , Kathrin Welker

This work deals with optimal control problems as a strategy to drive bifurcating solution of nonlinear parametrized partial differential equations towards a desired branch. Indeed, for these governing equations, multiple solution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Federico Pichi , Maria Strazzullo , Francesco Ballarin , Gianluigi Rozza

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

We consider shape optimization problems for general integral functionals of the calculus of variations that may contain a boundary term. In particular, this class includes optimization problems governed by elliptic equations with a Robin…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-23 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Francesco Paolo Maiale

The Stokes problem with non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition is solved numerically using conforming discretizations and an approximation of the boundary datum in the corresponding trace space. Optimal discretization error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Thomas Apel , Katharina Lorenz , Johannes Pfefferer

Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are widely used to model biological, (bio-)chemical and technical processes. The parameters of these ODEs are often estimated from experimental data using ODE-constrained optimisation. This article…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-06 Anna Fiedler , Fabian J. Theis , Jan Hasenauer

In this paper, we focus on a method based on optimal control to address the optimization problem. The objective is to find the optimal solution that minimizes the objective function. We transform the optimization problem into optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Yeming Xu , Ziyuan Guo , Hongxia Wang , Huanshui Zhang

We study the optimal control of a rate-independent system that is driven by a convex, quadratic energy. Since the associated solution mapping is non-smooth, the analysis of such control problems is challenging. In order to derive optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-04 Ulisse Stefanelli , Gerd Wachsmuth , Daniel Wachsmuth

We investigate the behavior of dynamic shape design problems for fluid flow at large time horizon. In particular, we shall compare the shape solutions of a dynamic shape optimization problem with that of a stationary problem and show that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-21 John Sebastian H. Simon