Optimal Shape Design for Metal Forming Problems by the Finite Element Method

In this work, a method for calculation of the optimal shapes of axisymmetrical converging dies by the finite element method is presented. The shape optimization problem considered in this paper is to find the best shape of the die such that the flow rate will be uniform at the die exit.The optimization problem is to minimize an objective function by varying a part of boundary (ie: the shape of die) subject to constraints imposed by the metal forming problem. In this method, the B-spline functions allow us to determine the shape of the die, using its control points as design variables. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

利用散射波的叠加重建声波散射区域

本文研究了声波散射区域的重建，给上散射波的叠加重建散射区域的一个方法，该方法利用散射波的叠加，将声波障碍反散射这个非一不适定问题分两步处理，第一步求解一个第一类线性积分方程。第二步求解一个非线性最优化问题，我们证明了该方法的收敛性。     

Control the Fibre Orientation Distribution at the Outlet of Contraction

A two dimensional model of the orientation distribution of fibres in a paper machine headbox is studied. The goal is to control the fibre orientation distribution at the outlet of contraction by changing its shape. The mathematical formulation leads to an optimization problem with control in coefficients of a linear convection-diffusion equation as the state problem. Then, the problem is expressed as an optimal control problem governed by variational forms. By using an embedding method, the class of admissible shapes is replaced by a class of positive Radon measures. The optimization problem in measure space is then approximated by a linear programming problem. The optimal measure representing optimal shape is approximated by the solution of this linear programming problem. In this paper, we have shown that the embedding method (embedding the admissible set into a subset of measures), successfully can be applied to shape variation design to a one dimensional headbox. The usefulness of this idea is that the method is not iterative and it does not need any initial guess of the solution.      

An Improved Implementation of An Iterative Method in Boundary Identification Problems

In this paper, an inverse problem of determining geometric shape of a part of the boundary of a bounded domain is considered. Based on a conjugate gradient method, employing the adjoint equation to obtain the descent direction, an identification scheme is developed. The implementation of the method based on the boundary element method (BEM) is also discussed. This method solves the inverse boundary problem accurately without a priori information about the unknown shape to be estimated.     

The shape optimization of the arterial graft design by level set methods

The goal of the arterial graft design problem is to find an optimal graft built on an occluded artery, which can be mathematically modeled by a fluid based shape optimization problem. The smoothness of the graft is one of the important aspects in the arterial graft design problem since it affects the flow of the blood significantly. As an attractive design tool for this problem, level set methods are quite efficient for obtaining better shape of the graft. In this paper, a cubic spline level set method and a radial basis function level set method are designed to solve the arterial graft design problem. In both approaches, the shape of the arterial graft is implicitly tracked by the zero-level contour of a level set function and a high level of smoothness of the graft is achieved. Numerical results show the efficiency of the algorithms in the arterial graft design.     

Maximum Eigenvalue Problem for Escherization

This paper proposes a new and efficient method for “Escherization”, that is, for generating a tile which is close to a given shape and whose copies cover the plane without gaps or overlaps except at their boundaries. In this method, the Escherization problem is reduced to a maximum eigenvalue problem, which can be solved easily, while the existing method requires time consuming heuristic search. Furthermore, we show that the optimal shape corresponds to the orthogonal projection of the vector representing the given shape to the “space of tilable shapes”.     

基于形状优化框架下的Steklov特征值问题研究

<正>1引言特征值问题在应用数学分支和工程中,尤其是在最优设计问题中,有很多的应用,所以特征值问题的最优化已经有了较为深入的研究,见在我们的研究当中,最优设计问题常常以一种指定载荷的设计下、能量的极小化问题的形式出现.在大多数关于最优设计的文章里面,我们更重视在一个固定载荷下条件下结构的最     

Optimality criteria coupled adaptive mesh method for optimal shape design of Stokes flow

An adaptive mesh method combined with the optimality criteria algorithm is applied to optimal shape design problems of fluid dynamics. The shape sensitivity analysis of the cost functional is derived. The optimization problem is solved by a simple but robust optimality criteria algorithm, and an automatic local adaptive mesh refinement method is proposed. The mesh adaptation, with an indicator based on the material distribution information, is itself shown as a shape or topology optimization problem. Taking advantages of this algorithm, the optimal shape design problem concerning fluid flow can be solved with higher resolution of the interface and a minimum of additional expense. Details on the optimization procedure are provided. Numerical results for two benchmark topology optimization problems are provided and compared with those obtained by other methods. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On optimal shape design of systems governed by mixed Dirichlet-Signorini boundary value problems

A problem for finding optimal shape for systems governed by the mixed unilateral boundary value problem of Dirichlet-Signorini-type is considered. Conditions for the solvability of the problem are stated when a variational inequality formulation and when a penalty method is used for solving the state problem in question. The asymptotic relation of design problems based on these two formulations is presented. The optimal shape design problem is discretized by means of finite element method. The convergence results for the approximation are proved. The discretized versions are then formulated as a non-linear programming problem. Results of practical computations of the problem in question are reported.     

Implementation of Some Methods of Shape Design for Variational Inequalities

In this paper we present some results concerning the optimal shape design problem governed by the fourth-order variational inequalities. The problem can be considered as a model example for the design of the shapes for elastic-plastic problem. The computations are done by finite element method, and the performance criterion is minimized by the material derivative method. We also discuss the error estimates in the appropriate norm and present some numerical results. An example is used to clearly illustrate the essential elements of shape design problems.     

Numerical approximation of one phase quadrature domains

In this work, we present two numerical schemes for a free boundary problem that is called one phase quadrature domain. In the first method, using the properties of a given free boundary problem, we derive a method that leads us to a fast iterative solver. The iteration procedure is adapted to work in the case when topology changes. The second method is based on shape reconstruction to establish an efficient shape Quasi‐Newton method. Various numerical experiments confirm the efficiency of the derived numerical methods. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2013     

用正则化方法求解声波散射反问题

研究了从声波散射场的远场模式的信息来再现散射物边界形状的反问题.首先构造表达散射物特征的指示函数,然后利用该函数之特性,建立求解该类反问题的基本方程,从而确定散射物的边界形状.在这个算法中,不需预先知道散射物的边界类型和形状等知识,从T ikhonov正则化方法进行的数值计算结果表明了该方法是有效的和实用的.     

Optimal shape design of systems governed by variational inequalities

In this paper, we present some results concerning the optimal shape design problem governed by the variational inequalities of the fourth order. This problem can be considered as a model example for the design of the shape for elastic-plastic problem. The performance criterion is minimized by the material derivative method.     

On Numerical Solution of Shape Inverse Problems

The new method is proposed for the numerical solution of a class of shape inverse problems. The size and the location of a small opening in the domain of integration of an elliptic equation is identified on the basis of an observation. The observation includes the finite number of shape functionals. The approximation of the shape functionals by using the so-called topological derivatives is used to perform the learning process of an artificial neural network. The results of computations for 2D examples show, that the method allows to determine an approximation of the global solution to the inverse problem, sufficiently closed to the exact solution. The proposed method can be extended to the problems with an opening of general shape and to the identification problems of small inclusions. However, the mathematical theory of the proposed approach still requires futher research. In particular, the proof of global convergence of the method is an open problem.     

The inverse scattering problem for a partially coated penetrable cavity with interior measurements

In this paper we consider the inverse scattering problem for a cavity that is bounded by a partially coated penetrable inhomogeneous medium of compact support and recover the shape of the cavity and the surface conductivity from a knowledge of measured scattered waves due to point sources located on a curve or surface inside the cavity. First, we prove that both the shape of the cavity and the surface conductivity on the coated part can be uniquely determined from a knowledge of the measured data. Next, we establish a linear sampling method for determining both the shape of the cavity and the surface conductivity. A central role in our justification is played by an eigenvalue problem which we call the exterior transmission eigenvalue problem. Finally, we present some numerical examples to illustrate the validity of our method.     

刚性目标形状反演的一种非线性最优化方法

发展了从声散射场的远场分布的信息来再现声刚性目标形状反问题的一种非线性最优化方法,它是通过独立地求解一个不适定的线性系统和一个适定的非线性最小化问题来实现的。对反问题的非线性和不适定性的这种分离式数值处理,使所建立方法的数值实现是非常容易和快速的,因为在确定声刚性障碍物形状的非线性最优化步中,只需求解一个只有一个未知函数的小规模的最小平方问题。该方法的另一个特别的性质是,只需要远场分布的一个Fourier系数,即可对未知的刚性目标作物形设别。进而提出了数值实现该方法的一种两步调整迭代算法。对具有各种形状的二维刚性障碍物的数值试验保证了本算法是有效和实用的。     

Analysis of Direct and Inverse Cavity Scattering Problems

Consider the scattering of a time-harmonic electromagnetic plane wave by an arbitrarily shaped and filled cavity embedded in a perfect electrically conducting infinite ground plane.A method of symmetric coupling of finite element and boundary integral equations is presented for the solutions of electromagnetic scattering in both transverse electric and magnetic polarization cases.Given the incident field,the direct problem is to determine the field distribution from the known shape of the cavity; while the inverse problem is to determine the shape of the cavity from the measurement of the field on an artificial boundary enclosing the cavity.In this paper,both the direct and inverse scattering problems are discussed based on a symmetric coupling method.Variational formulations for the direct scattering problem are presented,existence and uniqueness of weak solutions are studied,and the domain derivatives of the field with respect to the cavity shape are derived.Uniqueness and local stability results are established in terms of the inverse problem.     

Shape optimization of a body in the Oseen flow

This article is concerned with a numerical simulation of shape optimization of the Oseen flow around a solid body. The shape gradient for shape optimization problem in a viscous incompressible flow is computed by the velocity method. The flow is governed by the Oseen equations with mixed boundary conditions containing the pressure. The structure of continuous shape gradient of the cost functional is derived by using the differentiability of a minimax formulation involving a Lagrange functional with a function space parametrization technique. A gradient type algorithm is applied to the shape optimization problem. Numerical examples show that our theory is useful for practical purpose and the proposed algorithm is feasible. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010     

An Inverse Method for the Design of Diffusers

The inverse shape design problem consists in finding the shape of a flow device by prescribing a pressure distribution along its (unknown) walls. In this paper we show how the inverse Euler equations can be used to solve the inverse shape design problem for an axis‐symmetric diffuser. The inverse Euler equations for axis‐symmetric flows are presented and a numerical method briefly described. A numerical example shows the feasibility of the method.     

On an optimal shape design problem to control a thermoelastic deformation under a prescribed thermal treatment

A shape optimization problem concerned with thermal deformation of elastic bodies is considered. In this article, measure theory approach in function space is derived, resulting in an effective algorithm for the discretized optimization problem. First the problem is expressed as an optimal control problem governed by variational forms on a fixed domain. Then by using an embedding method, the class of admissible shapes is replaced by a class of positive Borel measures. The optimization problem in measure space is then approximated by a linear programming problem. The optimal measure representing optimal shape is approximated by the solution of this finite-dimensional linear programming problem. Numerical examples are also given.