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Based on the thermodynamic variation, we rigorously derive the sharp-interface model for solid-state dewetting on a flat substrate in the form of cylindrical symmetry. The governing equations for the model belong to fourth-order geometric…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-22 Quan Zhao

We consider the stochastic variational inequality problem in which the map is expectation-valued in a component-wise sense. Much of the available convergence theory and rate statements for stochastic approximation schemes are limited to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-25 Aswin Kannan , Uday V. Shanbhag

We present a derivation of the sharp-interface limit of a generic fluctuating phase-field model for solidification. As a main result, we obtain a sharp-interface projection which presents noise terms in both the diffusion equation and in…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-16 R. Benítez , L. Ramírez-Piscina

In this work, the sharp interface limit of the degenerate Cahn-Hilliard equation (in two space dimensions) with a polynomial double well free energy and a quadratic mobility is derived via a matched asymptotic analysis involving…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-10 Alpha Albert Lee , Andreas Münch , Endre Süli

We discuss a topology optimization problem for an elastoplastic medium. The distribution of material in a region is optimized with respect to a given target functional taking into account compliance. The incremental elastoplastic problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-02 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

Optimization under structural constraints is typically analyzed through projection or penalty methods, obscuring the geometric mechanism by which constraints shape admissible dynamics. We propose an operator-theoretic formulation in which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Changkai Li

A finite element method for the evolution of a two-phase membrane in a sharp interface formulation is introduced. The evolution equations are given as an $L^2$--gradient flow of an energy involving an elastic bending energy and a line…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-01 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-dimensional shape manifolds. We prove convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Caroline Geiersbach , Estefania Loayza-Romero , Kathrin Welker

We present a new framework for the simultaneous optimiziation of both the topology as well as the relative density grading of cellular structures and materials, also known as lattices. Due to manufacturing constraints, the optimization…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Jonathan Stollberg , Tarun Gangwar , Oliver Weeger , Dominik Schillinger

We present a phase-field approximation of sharp-interface energies defined on partitions, designed for modeling grain boundaries in polycrystals. The independent variable takes values in the orthogonal group $\mathrm{O}(d)$ modulo a lattice…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Sergio Conti , Vito Crismale , Adriana Garroni , Annalisa Malusa

A class of non-smooth and non-convex optimization problems with penalty constraints linked to variational inequalities (VI) is studied with respect to its shape differentiability. The specific problem stemming from quasi-brittle fracture…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-09 Victor A. Kovtunenko , Karl Kunisch

In this paper, we propose the unfitted spectral element method for solving elliptic interface and corresponding eigenvalue problems. The novelty of the proposed method lies in its combination of the spectral accuracy of the spectral element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Nicolas Gonzalez , Hailong Guo , Xu Yang

It is classical that, when the small deformation is assumed, the incremental analysis problem of an elastoplastic structure with a piecewise-linear yield condition and a linear strain hardening model can be formulated as a convex quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-22 Yoshihiro Kanno

While many bounds have been proved for partial trace inequalities over the last decades for a large variety of quantities, recent problems in quantum information theory demand sharper bounds. In this work, we study optimal bounds for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Pablo Costa Rico , Pavel Shteyner

We consider the problem of geometric optimization for the lowest eigenvalue of the two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator with an attractive $\delta$-interaction supported on an open arc with two free endpoints. Under a constraint of fixed…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-26 Vladimir Lotoreichik

Quasi-one-dimensional quantum structures with spectra scaling faster than the square of the eigenmode number (superscaling) can generate intrinsic, off-resonant optical nonlinearities near the fundamental physical limits, independent of the…

Optics · Physics 2015-10-28 Rick Lytel , Sean M. Mossman , Mark G. Kuzyk

We use conformal maps to study a free boundary problem for a two-fluid electromechanical system, where the interface between the fluids is determined by the combined effects of electrostatic forces, gravity and surface tension. The free…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Stuart Kent , Shankar C. Venkataramani

This paper is devoted to studying impedance eigenvalues (that is, eigenvalues of a particular Dirichlet-to-Neumann map) for the time harmonic linear elastic wave problem, and their potential use as target-signatures for fluid-solid…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-31 Michael Levitin , Peter Monk , Virginia Selgas

This paper investigates a category of constrained fractional optimization problems that emerge in various practical applications. The objective function for this category is characterized by the ratio of a numerator and denominator, both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Yizun Lin , Jian-Feng Cai , Zhao-Rong Lai , Cheng Li

We discuss the sharp interface limit of a coupled Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn system in a two dimensional, bounded and smooth domain, when a parameter $\varepsilon>0$ that is proportional to the thickness of the diffuse interface tends to zero…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Helmut Abels , Mingwen Fei