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We present a strategy for the numerical solution of convection-coupled phase-transition problems, with focus on solidification and melting. We solve for the temperature and flow fields over time. The position of the phase-change interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Leonardo Boledi , Benjamin Terschanski , Stefanie Elgeti , Julia Kowalski

A continuous system of moment equations is introduced that models the transverse dynamics of a beam of charged particles as it passes through an arbitrary lattice of quadrupoles and solenoids in the presence of self-fields. Then, figures of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-04-20 L. Dovlatyan , B. L. Beaudoin , S. Bernal , I. Haber , D. Sutter , T. M. Antonsen

We present a new feasible proximal gradient method for constrained optimization where both the objective and constraint functions are given by the summation of a smooth, possibly nonconvex function and a convex simple function. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Digvijay Boob , Qi Deng , Guanghui Lan

A brief review of the Stefan problem of solidification from a mixture, and its main numerical solution methods is given. Simulation of this problem in 2D or 3D is most practically done on a regular grid, where a sharp solid-liquid interface…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Robert D. Groot

We develop a continuous adjoint formulation and implementation for controlling the deformation of clean, neutrally buoyant droplets in Stokes flow through farfield velocity boundary conditions. The focus is on dynamics where surface tension…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Alexandru Fikl , Daniel J. Bodony

We present a numerical method for the solution of interfacial growth governed by the Stefan model coupled with incompressible fluid flow. An algorithm is presented which takes special care to enforce sharp interfacial conditions on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Elyce Bayat , Raphael Egan , Daniil Bochkov , Alban Sauret , Frederic Gibou

The paper is concerned with a node-based, gradient-driven, continuous adjoint two-phase flow procedure to optimize the shapes of free-floating vessels and discusses three topics. First, we aim to convey that elements of a Cahn-Hilliard…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-10 Niklas Kühl , Thanh Tung Nguyen , Michael Palm , Dirk Jürgens , Thomas Rung

Bilevel optimization has been developed for many machine learning tasks with large-scale and high-dimensional data. This paper considers a constrained bilevel optimization problem, where the lower-level optimization problem is convex with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Siyuan Xu , Minghui Zhu

We propose a new approach to solving bilevel optimization problems, intermediate between solving full-system optimality conditions with a Newton-type approach, and treating the inner problem as an implicit function. The overall idea is to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Ensio Suonperä , Tuomo Valkonen

This paper applies a discrete adjoint gradient computation method for a multi-class traffic flow model on road networks. Vehicle classes are characterized by their specific velocity functions, which depend on the total traffic density,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Paola Goatin , Axel Klar , Carmen Mezquita-Nieto

Bilevel optimization enjoys a wide range of applications in emerging machine learning and signal processing problems such as hyper-parameter optimization, image reconstruction, meta-learning, adversarial training, and reinforcement…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Han Shen , Quan Xiao , Tianyi Chen

This work focuses on the numerical assessment of the accuracy of an adjoint-based gradient in the perspective of variational data assimilation and parameter identification in glaciology. Using noisy synthetic data, we quantify the ability…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-03-11 Nathan Martin , Jérôme Monnier

Applications for kinetic equations such as optimal design and inverse problems often involve finding unknown parameters through gradient-based optimization algorithms. Based on the adjoint-state method, we derive two different frameworks…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Russel Caflisch , Denis Silantyev , Yunan Yang

Optimizing shapes and topology of physical devices is crucial for both scientific and technological advancements, given its wide-ranging implications across numerous industries and research areas. Innovations in shape and topology…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Alexander Luce , Rasoul Alaee , Fabian Knorr , Florian Marquardt

In this work, we investigate the use of data-driven equation discovery for dynamical systems to model and forecast continuous-time dynamics of unconstrained optimization problems. To avoid expensive evaluations of the objective function and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Grant Norman , Conor Rowan , Kurt Maute , Alireza Doostan

This work deals with the one-dimensional Stefan problem with a general time-dependent boundary condition at the fixed boundary. Stochastic solutions are obtained using discrete random walks, and the results are compared with analytic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-06 M. Ogren

A simulation framework based on the level-set and the immersed boundary methods (LS-IBM) has been developed for reactive transport problems in porous media involving a moving solid-fluid interface. The interface movement due to surface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-13 Mehrdad Yousefzadeh , Yinuo Yao , Ilenia Battiato

In this paper we propose a new method to stabilise non-symmetric indefinite problems. The idea is to solve a forward and an adjoint problem simultaneously using a suitable stabilised finite element method. Both stabilisation of the element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-05 Erik Burman

In this paper we present a topology optimization technique applicable to a broad range of flow design problems. We propose also a discrete adjoint formulation effective for a wide class of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM). This adjoint…

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In this paper we study a system of advection-diffusion equations in a bulk domain coupled to an advection-diffusion equation on an embedded surface. Such systems of coupled partial differential equations arise in, for example, the modeling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-09 Sven Gross , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken