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Design optimization problems, e.g., shape optimization, that involve deformable bodies in unilateral contact are challenging as they require robust contact solvers, complex optimization methods that are typically gradient-based, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Jingyi Wang , Jerome Solberg , Mike A. Puso , Eric B. Chin , Cosmin G. Petra

Simulating the interaction of fluids with immersed moving solids is playing an important role for gaining a better quantitative understanding of how fluid dynamics is altered by the presence of obstacles and which forces are exerted on the…

We consider shape optimization problems subject to elliptic partial differential equations. In the context of the finite element method, the geometry to be optimized is represented by the computational mesh, and the optimization proceeds by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-12 Tommy Etling , Roland Herzog , Estefanía Loayza , Gerd Wachsmuth

In this article, we present a new unified finite element method (UFEM) for simulation of general Fluid-Structure interaction (FSI) which has the same generality and robustness as monolithic methods but is significantly more computationally…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2016-08-18 Yongxing Wang , Peter Jimack , Mark Walkley

Non-intrusive model reduction is a promising solution to system dynamics prediction, especially in cases where data are collected from experimental campaigns or proprietary software simulations. In this work, we present a method for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-04 Leonidas Gkimisis , Thomas Richter , Peter Benner

We present a general numerical approach to shape optimization with state constraints for 2-dimensional geometries, without relaxing the constraints. To do this we reformulate the problem on a fixed reference domain using a conformal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Christian Leithäuser , René Pinnau , Robert Feßler

A stable partitioned algorithm for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems that couple viscous incompressible flow with structural shells or beams is described. This added-mass partitioned (AMP) scheme uses Robin (mixed) interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-08-28 J. W. Banks , W. D. Henshaw , D. W. Schwendeman

We propose an explicit partitioned (loosely coupled) scheme for fluid structure interaction (FSI) problems, specifically designed to achieve high computational efficiency in modern engineering simulations. The FSI problem under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Shihan Guo , Ping Lin , Yifan Wang , Xiaohe Yue , Haibiao Zheng

In the present chapter we focus on the fundamentals of non-grid-conforming numerical approaches to simulating particulate flows, implementation issues and grid convergence vs. available reference data. The main idea is to avoid adapting the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-11 Markus Uhlmann , Jos Derksen , Anthony Wachs , Lian-Ping Wang , Manuel Moriche

The interaction of neural networks with physical equations offers a wide range of applications. We provide a method which enables a neural network to transform objects subject to given physical constraints. Therefore an U-Net architecture…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Lukas Harsch , Johannes Burgbacher , Stefan Riedelbauch

This work develops an efficient and accurate optimization algorithm to study the optimal mixing problem driven by boundary control of unsteady Stokes flows, based on the theoretical foundation laid by Hu and Wu in a series of work. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-21 Xiaoming Zheng , Weiwei Hu , Jiahong Wu

In this article, we formulate a monolithic optimal control method for general time-dependent Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) systems with large solid deformation. We consider a displacement-tracking type of objective with a constraint of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Yongxing Wang

We introduce optimization-based full-order and reduced-order formulations of fluid structure interaction problems. We study the flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid which interacts with an elastic body: we consider an arbitrary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Tommaso Taddei , Xuejun Xu , Lei Zhang

Since shape optimization methods have been proven useful for identifying interfaces in models governed by partial differential equations, we show how shape optimization techniques can also be applied to an interface identification problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Matthias Schuster , Volker Schulz

Finite element methods based on cut-cells are becoming increasingly popular because of their advantages over formulations based on body-fitted meshes for problems with moving interfaces. In such methods, the cells (or elements) which are…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Chennakesava Kadapa , Xinyu Wang , Yue Mei

In this chapter, we investigate recently proposed nonlinear conjugate gradient (NCG) methods for shape optimization problems. We briefly introduce the methods as well as the corresponding theoretical background and investigate their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth

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

Fluidic Shaping is a novel method for fabrication of optical components based on the equilibrium state of liquid volumes in neutral buoyancy, subjected to geometrical constraints. The underlying physics of this method is described by a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-17 Amos A. Hari , Moran Bercovici

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

We develop mathematical models for shape design and topology optimization in structural contact problems involving friction between elastic and rigid bodies. The governing mechanical constraint is a nonlinear, non-smooth, and non-convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Yixin Tan , Fang Feng , Shengfeng Zhu