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We study a pointwise tracking optimal control problem for the stationary Navier--Stokes equations; control constraints are also considered. The problem entails the minimization of a cost functional involving point evaluations of the state…
We consider an unregularized optimal control problem subject to the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the existence of optimal solutions and prove first- and second-order optimality conditions. To approximate solutions to the…
We analyze, in two dimensions, an optimal control problem for the Navier--Stokes equations where the control variable corresponds to the amplitude of forces modeled as point sources; control constraints are also considered. This particular…
In this paper we study a distributed optimal control problem for a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes-$\alpha$ model. We prove the solvability of the optimal control problem, and derive first-order optimality conditions by using a Lagrange…
We study a stochastic velocity tracking problem for the 2D-Navier-Stokes equations perturbed by a multiplicative Gaussian noise. From a physical point of view, the control acts through a boundary injection/suction device with uncertainty,…
We construct large velocity vector solutions to the three dimensional inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes system. The result is proved via the stability of two dimensional solutions with constant density, under the assumption that initial density…
The Navier-Stokes motions in a box with periodic boundary conditions are considered. First the existence of global regular two-dimensional solutions is proved. The solutions are such that continuous with respect to time norms are controlled…
In this paper we deal with a robust Stackelberg strategy for the Navier--Stokes system. The scheme is based in considering a robust control problem for the "follower control" and its associated disturbance function. Afterwards, we consider…
In this work we study an optimal control problem subject to the instationary Navier-Stokes equations, where the control enters via an inhomogeneous Neumann/Do-Nothing boundary condition. Despite the Navier-Stokes equations with these…
We consider a control-constrained parabolic optimal control problem without Tikhonov term in the tracking functional. For the numerical treatment, we use variational discretization of its Tikhonov regularization: For the state and the…
In this paper, we investigate solution stability for control problems of partial differential equations with the cost functional not involving the usual quadratic term for the control. We first establish a sufficient optimality condition…
The value function associated with an optimal control problem subject to the Navier-Stokes equations in dimension two is analyzed. Its smoothness is established around a steady state, moreover, its derivatives are shown to satisfy a Riccati…
We consider a velocity tracking problem for stochastic Navier-Stokes equations in a 2D-bounded domain. The control acts on the boundary through an injection-suction device with uncertainty, which acts in accordance with the non-homogeneous…
We investigate the global in time stability of regular solutions with large velocity vectors to the evolutionary Navier-Stokes equation in ${\bf R}^3$. The class of stable flows contains all two dimensional weak solutions. The only…
Exponential stabilization to time-dependent trajectories for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is achieved with explicit feedback controls. The fluid is contained in two-dimensional spatial domains and the control force is, at each…
This paper is concerned with the distributed optimal control of a time-discrete Cahn--Hilliard/Navier--Stokes system with variable densities. It focuses on the double-obstacle potential which yields an optimal control problem for a family…
We consider a velocity tracking problem for the Navier-Stokes equations in a 2D-bounded domain. The control acts on the boundary through a injection-suction device and the flow is allowed to slip against the surface wall. We study the…
We consider Tikhonov regularization of control-constrained optimal control problems. We present new a-priori estimates for the regularization error assuming measure and source-measure conditions. In the special case of bang-bang solutions,…
The Navier-Stokes motions in cylindrical domain with Navier boundary conditions are considered. First the existence of global regular two-dimensional solutions are proved. The solutions are bounded by the same constant for all time.…
We consider the Navier-Stokes system in a bounded domain with a smooth boundary. Given a sufficiently regular time-dependent global solution, we construct a finite-dimensional feedback control that is supported by a given open set and…