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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

We study free boundary problems for incompressible inhomogeneous flows governed by the Navier--Stokes equations, focusing on the regularity and global-in-time well-posedness of solutions in critical functional frameworks for small initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Piotr B. Mucha , Tomasz Piasecki , Yoshihiro Shibata

In this study, a shape optimization problem for the two-dimensional stationary Navier--Stokes equations with an artificial boundary condition is considered. The fluid is assumed to be flowing through a rectangular channel, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-10 John Sebastian H. Simon , Hirofumi Notsu

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

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

This paper is concerned with a numerical simulation of shape optimization in a two-dimensional viscous incompressible flow governed by Navier--Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions containing the pressure. The minimization problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma

In this investigation we revisit the concept of "effective free surfaces" arising in the solution of the time-averaged fluid dynamics equations in the presence of free boundaries. This work is motivated by applications of the optimization…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-09-04 R. Yapalparvi , B. Protas

In the present work, we propose to extend to the Stokes problem a fictitious domain approach inspired by eXtended Finite Element Method and studied for Poisson problem in [Renard]. The method allows computations in domains whose boundaries…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-15 Sébastien Court , Michel Fournié , Alexei Lozinski

We consider the problem of finding optimal shapes of fluid domains. The fluid obeys the Navier--Stokes equations. Inside a holdall container we use a phase field approach using diffuse interfaces to describe the domain of free flow. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-15 Harald Garcke , Claudia Hecht , Michael Hinze , Christian Kahle

This paper is concerned with the problem of shape optimization of two-dimensional flows governed by the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the structures of shape gradients with respect to the shape of the variable domain for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma , Hongwei Zhuang

A numerical study of an optimal control formulation for a shape optimization problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality is performed. The shape optimization problem is reformulated as a boundary control problem in a fixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Raino A. E. Mäkinen

In this paper, we consider the Stokes problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions and the constant kinematic viscosity $\nu$ in an axis-aligned domain $\Omega$. We decouple the velocity $\bm u$ and pressure $p$ by deriving a novel biharmonic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-17 Qiwei Feng , Bin Han , Michael Neilan

This work focuses on numerically solving a shape identification problem related to advection-diffusion processes with space-dependent coefficients using shape optimization techniques. Two boundary-type cost functionals are considered, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Elmehdi Cherrat , Lekbir Afraites , Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago

We deal with a steady Stokes-type problem, associated with a flow of a Newtonian incompressible fluid through a spatially periodic profile cascade. The used mathematical model is based on the reduction to one spatial period, represented by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-18 Tomas Neustupa

Boundary integral numerical methods are among the most accurate methods for interfacial Stokes flow, and are widely applied. They have the advantage that only the boundary of the domain must be discretized, which reduces the number of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-18 David M. Ambrose , Michael Siegel , Keyang Zhang

This work focuses on the development and analysis of a partitioned numerical method for moving domain, fluid-structure interaction problems. We model the fluid using incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, and the structure using linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-03 Anyastassia Seboldt , Martina Bukač

In this work we will study the dynamics of a thin layer of a viscous fluid which is embedded in the interior of another viscous fluid. The resulting flow can be approximated by means of the solutions of a free boundary problem for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Tania Pernas-Castaño , Juan J. L. Velázquez

A discontinuous viscosity coefficient makes the jump conditions of the velocity and normal stress coupled together, which brings great challenges to some commonly used numerical methods to obtain accurate solutions. To overcome the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Haixia Dong , Shuwang Li , Wenjun Ying , Zhongshu Zhao

Due to their wide appearance in environmental settings as well as industrial and medical applications, the Stokes-Darcy problems with different sets of interface conditions establish an active research area in the community of mathematical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-03 Paula Strohbeck , Marco Discacciati , Iryna Rybak

We revisit the problem of identifying an unknown portion of a boundary subject to a Robin condition based on a pair of Cauchy data on the accessible part of the boundary. It is known that a single measurement may correspond to infinitely…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Mustapha Essahraoui , El Mehdi Cherrat , Lekbir Afraites , Julius Fergy Tiongson Rabago