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We suggest a novel shape matching algorithm for three-dimensional surface meshes of disk or sphere topology. The method is based on the physical theory of nonlinear elasticity and can hence handle large rotations and deformations.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Konrad Simon , Sameer Sheorey , David Jacobs , Ronen Basri

Many partial differential equations (PDEs) such as Navier--Stokes equations in fluid mechanics, inelastic deformation in solids, and transient parabolic and hyperbolic equations do not have an exact, primal variational structure. Recently,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-04 N. Sukumar , Amit Acharya

This article studies a boundary element method for dynamic frictional contact between linearly elastic bodies. We formulate these problems as a variational inequality on the boundary, involving the elastodynamic Poincar\'{e}-Steklov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Alessandra Aimi , Giulia Di Credico , Heiko Gimperlein

Shape optimization with constraints given by partial differential equations (PDE) is a highly developed field of optimization theory. The elegant adjoint formalism allows to compute shape gradients at the computational cost of a further PDE…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Matthias Bolten , Onur Tanil Doganay , Hanno Gottschalk , Kathrin Klamroth

Computational design optimization in fluid dynamics usually requires to solve non-linear partial differential equations numerically. In this work, we explore a Bayesian optimization approach to minimize an object's drag coefficient in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Stephan Eismann , Stefan Bartzsch , Stefano Ermon

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 consider a series of optimal control problems with 2-dimensional control lying in an arbitrary convex compact set $\Omega$. The considered problems are well studied for the case when $\Omega$ is a unit disc, but barely studied for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-13 A. A. Ardentov , L. V. Lokutsievskiy , Yu. L. Sachkov

We study optimal design problems involving variational inequalities with unilateral conditions in the domain and pointwise boundary observation. We use regularizing and penalization tehniques in the setting of the Hamiltonian approach to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Cornel Marius Murea , Dan Tiba

In this paper we consider a shape optimization problem for the minimization of the erosion, that is caused by the impact of inert particles onto the walls of a bended pipe. Using the continuous adjoint approach, we formally compute the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-14 Raphael Hohmann , Christian Leithäuser

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

Minimizing the so-called "Dirichlet energy" with respect to the domain under a volume constraint is a standard problem in shape optimization which is now well understood. This article is devoted to a prototypal non-linear version of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Antoine Henrot , Idriss Mazari , Yannick Privat

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 article we develop a duality principle and concerning computational method for a structural optimization problem in elasticity. We consider the problem of finding the optimal topology for an elastic solid which minimizes its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-13 Fabio Botelho , Alexandre Molter

We propose a novel continuous-time algorithm for inequality-constrained convex optimization inspired by proportional-integral control. Unlike the popular primal-dual gradient dynamics, our method includes a proportional term to control the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-12 V. Cerone , S. M. Fosson , S. Pirrera , D. Regruto

This paper presents a pure complementary energy variational method for solving anti-plane shear problem in finite elasticity. Based on the canonical duality-triality theory developed by the author, the nonlinear/nonconex partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-06 David Y Gao

We formulate a general shape and topology optimization problem in structural optimization by using a phase field approach. This problem is considered in view of well-posedness and we derive optimality conditions. We relate the diffuse…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Luise Blank , Harald Garcke , Claudia Hecht , Christoph Rupprecht

The work explores a specific scenario for structural computational optimization based on the following elements: (a) a relaxed optimization setting considering the ersatz (bi-material) approximation, (b) a treatment based on a nonsmoothed…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-08-06 J. Oliver , D. Yago , J. Cante , O. Lloberas-Valls

A scheme for generating a family of convex variational principles is developed, the Euler- Lagrange equations of each member of the family formally corresponding to the necessary conditions of optimal control of a given system of ordinary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-13 Amit Acharya , Janusz Ginster

Shape optimization based on surface gradients and the Hadarmard-form is considered for a compressible viscous fluid. Special attention is given to the difference between the 'function composition' approach involving local shape derivatives…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Matthias Sonntag , Stephan Schmidt , Nicolas R. Gauger

A new reformulation of a free boundary problem for the Stokes equations governing a viscous flow with overdetermined condition on the free boundary is proposed. The idea of the method is to transform the governing equations to a boundary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-24 Julius Fergy T. Rabago , Hirofumi Notsu