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This study demonstrates how the adjoint-based framework traditionally used to compute gradients in PDE optimization problems can be extended to handle general constraints on the state variables. This is accomplished by constructing a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Pritpal Matharu , Bartosz Protas

In this paper we show a simplified optimisation approach for free boundary problems in arbitrary space dimensions. This approach is mainly based on an extended operator splitting which allows a decoupling of the domain deformation and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-01 Jan Marburger

In this paper, we introduce a novel way to represent the interface for two-phase flows with phase change. We combine a level-set method with a Cartesian embedded boundary method and take advantage of both. This is part of an effort to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-28 A. Limare , S. Popinet , C. Josserand , Z. Xue , A. Ghigo

In this work, we propose an adjoint-based optimization procedure to control the onset of the Rayleigh-B\'enard instability with a melting front. A novel cut cell method is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations in the Boussinesq…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Tomas Fullana , Alejandro Quirós Rodríguez , Vincent Le Chenadec , Taraneh Sayadi

We propose a level-set approach to characterize the region occupied by the solid in Stefan problems with and without surface tension, based on their recent probabilistic reformulation. The level-set function is parameterized by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Mykhaylo Shkolnikov , H. Mete Soner , Valentin Tissot-Daguette

As more and more multiphysics effects are entering the field of CFD simulations, this raises the question how they can be accurately captured in gradient computations for shape optimization. The latter has been successfully enriched over…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-02 Ole Burghardt , Nicolas R. Gauger

Two-level stochastic optimization formulations have become instrumental in a number of machine learning contexts such as continual learning, neural architecture search, adversarial learning, and hyperparameter tuning. Practical stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Tommaso Giovannelli , Griffin Dean Kent , Luis Nunes Vicente

Before a car-following model can be applied in practice, it must first be validated against real data in a process known as calibration. This paper discusses the formulation of calibration as an optimization problem, and compares different…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Ronan Keane , H. Oliver Gao

The Stefan problem is a classical free-boundary problem that models phase-change processes and poses computational challenges due to its moving interface and nonlinear temperature-phase coupling. In this work, we develop a physics-informed…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Che-Chia Chang , Te-Sheng Lin , Ming-Chih Lai

The fully discrete adjoint equations and the corresponding adjoint method are derived for a globally high- order accurate discretization of conservation laws on parametrized, deforming domains. The conservation law on the deforming domain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Matthew J. Zahr , Per-Olof Persson

In this article we consider an optimization problem where the objective function is evaluated at the fixed-point of a contraction mapping parameterized by a control variable, and optimization takes place over this control variable. Since…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-04 Thomas Flynn

Surface matching usually provides significant deformations that can lead to structural failure due to the lack of physical policy. In this context, partial surface matching of non-linear deformable bodies is crucial in engineering to govern…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Alban Odot , Guillaume Mestdagh , Yannick Privat , Stéphane Cotin

Seismic traveltime tomography represents a popular and useful tool for unravelling the structure of the subsurface across the scales. In this work we address the case where the forward model is represented by the eikonal equation and derive…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-08-21 Andrea Zunino , Scott Keating , Andreas Fichtner

Calibration of unknown model parameters is a common task in many ocean model applications. We present an adjoint-based optimization of an unstructured mesh shallow water model for the Baltic Sea. Spatially varying bottom friction parameter…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-10-10 Tuomas Kärnä , Joseph G. Wallwork , Stephan C. Kramer

An adjoint-based shape optimization method for solid bodies subjected to both rarefied and continuum gas flows is proposed. The gas-kinetic BGK equation with the diffuse-reflection boundary condition is used to describe the multiscale gas…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Ruifeng Yuan , Lei Wu

Bilevel optimization provides a powerful framework for modelling hierarchical decision-making systems. This work presents a sensitivity-based algorithm that addresses the bilevel structure directly by treating the lower-level optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Eduardo Nolasco , Ross D. King , Vassilios S. Vassiliadis

This paper presents a novel computational scheme for sensitivity analysis of the velocity field in the level set method using the discrete adjoint method. The velocity field is represented in B-spline space, and the adjoint equations are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Hao Deng , Kazu Saitou

In this contribution we develop an efficient reduced order model for solving parametrized linear-quadratic optimal control problems with linear time-varying state system. The fully reduced model combines reduced basis approximations of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-29 Hendrik Kleikamp , Lukas Renelt

In this work, we implement goal-oriented error control and spatial mesh adaptivity for stationary fluid-structure interaction. The a posteriori error estimator is realized using the dual-weighted residual method in which the adjoint…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Thomas Wick

Many interfacial phenomena in physical and biological systems are dominated by high order geometric quantities such as curvature. Here a semi-implicit method is combined with a level set jet scheme to handle stiff nonlinear advection…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-22 Guhan Velmurugan , Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , David Salac
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