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We consider the problem of approximating a two-dimensional shape contour (or curve segment) using discrete assembly systems, which allow to build geometric structures based on limited sets of node and edge types subject to edge length and…

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In this thesis we develop a functional analytic framework for shape optimization with elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) constraints in classical function spaces (H\"older spaces). This approach is motivated by shape optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-20 Laura Bittner

We present first a brief review of the existing literature on shape optimization, stressing the recent use of Hamiltonian systems in topology optimization. In the second section, we collect some preliminaries on the implicit parametrization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Cornel Marius Murea , Dan Tiba

Parametric shape optimization aims at minimizing an objective function f(x) where x are CAD parameters. This task is difficult when f is the output of an expensive-to-evaluate numerical simulator and the number of CAD parameters is large.…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-05-06 David Gaudrie , Rodolphe Le Riche , Victor Picheny , Benoit Enaux , Vincent Herbert

In this paper, we propose an unfitted finite element method to solve PDE-constrained shape optimization problems via shape gradient flow. The shape gradient flow system consists of the state equation, the adjoint equation, the velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Wei Gong , Chuwen Ma , Ziyi Zhang

We present numerical upscaling techniques for a class of linear second-order self-adjoint elliptic partial differential operators (or their high-resolution finite element discretization). As prototypes for the application of our theory we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-11 Axel Malqvist , Daniel Peterseim

We discuss automating the calculation of weak shape derivatives in the Unified Form Language (Aln{\ae}s et al., ACM Trans. Math. Softw., 2014) by introducing an appropriate additional step in the pullback from physical to reference space…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-26 David A. Ham , Lawrence Mitchell , Alberto Paganini , Florian Wechsung

Mixed dimensional partial differential equations (PDEs) are equations coupling unknown fields defined over domains of differing topological dimension. Such equations naturally arise in a wide range of scientific fields including geology,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Cécile Daversin-Catty , Chris N. Richardson , Ada J. Ellingsrud , Marie E. Rognes

Partial differential equation (PDE) models with multiple temporal/spatial scales are prevalent in several disciplines such as physics, engineering, and many others. These models are of great practical importance but notoriously difficult to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Junpeng Hu , Shi Jin , Lei Zhang

We propose two deep learning models that fully automate shape parameterization for aerodynamic shape optimization. Both models are optimized to parameterize via deep geometric learning to embed human prior knowledge into learned geometric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Zhen Wei , Pascal Fua , Michaël Bauerheim

We propose a new model-order reduction framework to poorly reducible problems arising from parametric partial differential equations with geometric variability. In such problems, the solution manifold exhibits a slowly decaying Kolmogorov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Abbas Kabalan , Fabien Casenave , Felipe Bordeu , Virginie Ehrlacher , Alexandre Ern

We introduce a Monte Carlo method for computing derivatives of the solution to a partial differential equation (PDE) with respect to problem parameters (such as domain geometry or boundary conditions). Derivatives can be evaluated at…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Bailey Miller , Rohan Sawhney , Keenan Crane , Ioannis Gkioulekas

First-order automatic differentiation is a ubiquitous tool across statistics, machine learning, and computer science. Higher-order implementations of automatic differentiation, however, have yet to realize the same utility. In this paper I…

Computation · Statistics 2019-01-01 Michael Betancourt

A numerical framework is developed to solve various types of PDEs on complicated domains, including steady and time-dependent, non-linear and non-local PDEs, with different boundary conditions that can also include non-linear and non-local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Jonna C. Roden , Rory D. Mills-Williams , John W. Pearson , Benjamin D. Goddard

We introduce Fireshape, an open-source and automated shape optimization toolbox for the finite element software Firedrake. Fireshape is based on the moving mesh method and allows users with minimal shape optimization knowledge to tackle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Alberto Paganini , Florian Wechsung

In this work, we investigate a particular class of shape optimization problems under uncertainties on the input parameters. More precisely, we are interested in the minimization of the expectation of a quadratic objective in a situation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-01 M. Dambrine , C. Dapogny , H. Harbrecht

We propose machine learning methods for solving fully nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) with convex Hamiltonian. Our algorithms are conducted in two steps. First the PDE is rewritten in its dual stochastic control…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-05-23 William Lefebvre , Grégoire Loeper , Huyên Pham

When modeling scientific and industrial problems, geometries are typically modeled by explicit boundary representations obtained from computer-aided design software. Unfitted (also known as embedded or immersed) finite element methods offer…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Pere A. Martorell , Santiago Badia

We introduce a general differentiable solver for time-dependent deformation problems with contact and friction. Our approach uses a finite element discretization with a high-order time integrator coupled with the recently proposed…

The multiscale complexity of modern problems in computational science and engineering can prohibit the use of traditional numerical methods in multi-dimensional simulations. Therefore, novel algorithms are required in these situations to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Cale Harnish , Luke Dalessandro , Karel Matous , Daniel Livescu