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Shape optimization models with one or more shapes are considered in this chapter. Of particular interest for applications are problems in which where a so-called shape functional is constrained by a partial differential equation (PDE)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-19 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

The classical level set method, which represents the boundary of the unknown geometry as the zero-level set of a function, has been shown to be very effective in solving shape optimization problems. The present work addresses the issue of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Oleg Alexandrov , Fadil Santosa

We consider the steady Navier-Stokes system with mixed boundary conditions, in subdomains of a holdall domain. We study, via the penalization method, its approximation properties. Error estimates, obtained using the extension operator,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Cornel Marius Murea , Dan Tiba

In this paper we study we study a Dirichlet optimal control prob- lem associated with a linear elliptic equation the coefficients of which we take as controls in the class of integrable functions. The characteristic feature of this control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-30 Thierry Horsin , Peter Kogut , Olivier Wilk

In this paper we present a finite element analysis for a Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Stokes equation. The Dirichlet control is considered in a convex closed subset of the energy space $\mathbf{H}^1(\Omega).$ Most of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

This article examines the Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Poisson equation, where the control variables are square integrable functions defined on the boundary of a two dimensional bounded, convex, polygonal domain. It…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Sudipto Chowdhury , Divay Garg

An important new trend in additive manufacturing is the use of optimization to automatically design industrial objects, such as beams, rudders or wings. Topology optimization, as it is often called, computes the best configuration of…

This work deals with shape optimization for contact mechanics. More specifically, the linear elasticity model is considered under the small deformations hypothesis, and the elastic body is assumed to be in contact (sliding or with Tresca…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Bastien Chaudet-Dumas

We introduce a manifold-based framework for addressing optimization problems with equality and inequality constraints found in robotics. Our approach transforms the original problem into an unconstrained optimization problem directly on the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Yetong Zhang , Frank Dellaert

We study an optimization problem that aims to determine the shape of an obstacle that is submerged in a fluid governed by the Stokes equations. The mentioned flow takes place in a channel, which motivated the imposition of a Poiseuille-like…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-13 John Sebastian H. Simon , Hirofumi Notsu

Differential equations on metric graphs can describe many phenomena in the physical world but also the spread of information on social media. To efficiently compute the solution is a hard task in numerical analysis. Solving a design…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-19 Martin Stoll , Max Winkler

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

The Oxygen Depletion problem is an implicit free boundary value problem. The dynamics allow topological changes in the free boundary. We show several mathematical formulations of this model from the literature and give a new formulation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-24 Xinyu Cheng , Zhaohui Fu , Brian Wetton

In this paper we analyze a shape optimization problem, with Stokes equations as the state problem, defined on a domain with a part of the boundary that is described as the graph of the control function. The state problem formulation is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-17 Ivan Fumagalli , Nicola Parolini , Marco Verani

We present a new approach to discretizing shape optimization problems that generalizes standard moving mesh methods to higher-order mesh deformations and that is naturally compatible with higher-order finite element discretizations of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-13 A. Paganini , F. Wechsung , P. E. Farrell

Several advances have been made in Data Assimilation techniques applied to blood flow modeling. Typically, idealized boundary conditions, only verified in straight parts of the vessel, are assumed. We present a general approach, based on a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Jorge Tiago , Telma Guerra , Adélia Sequeira

Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations in divergence form, whose nonlinearity is governed by a convex function of non-necessarily power type, are considered. The global boundedness of their solutions is established…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Giuseppina Barletta , Andrea Cianchi , Greta Marino

In this paper we derive a necessary optimality condition for a local optimal solution of some control problems. These optimal control problems are governed by a semi-linear Vettsel boundary value problem of a linear elliptic equation. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-04-08 Yousong Luo

We apply an unfitted HDG discretization to a model problem in shape optimization. The method proposed uses a fixed, shape regular, non-geometry conforming mesh and a high order transfer technique to deal with the curved boundaries arising…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Esteban Henríquez , Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet , Manuel Solano

We consider the Dirichlet boundary value problem for graphical maximal submanifolds inside Lorentzian type ambient spaces, and obtain general existence and uniqueness results which apply to any codimension.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Yang Li