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Minimizing movements for dislocation dynamics with a mean curvature term

Nicolas Forcadel, Aurélien Monteillet (2009)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We prove existence of minimizing movements for the dislocation dynamics evolution law of a propagating front, in which the normal velocity of the front is the sum of a non-local term and a mean curvature term. We prove that any such minimizing movement is a weak solution of this evolution law, in a sense related to viscosity solutions of the corresponding level-set equation. We also prove the consistency of this approach, by showing that any minimizing movement coincides with the smooth evolution...

Minimizing p -harmonic maps at a free boundary

Frank Duzaar, Andreas Gastel (1998)

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana

Studiamo le proprietà di regolarità delle mappe fra varietà di Riemann che minimizzano la p -energia fra quelle che soddisfano una condizione di frontiera pazialmente libera. Proviamo che tali mappe sono Hölder continue vicino alla frontiera libera fuori di un insieme singolare, e otteniamo stime ottimali per la dimensione di Hausdorff di questo insieme singolare.

Minimizing the fuel consumption of a vehicle from the Shell Eco-marathon: a numerical study

Sophie Jan (2013)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

We apply four different methods to study an intrinsically bang-bang optimal control problem. We study first a relaxed problem that we solve with a naive nonlinear programming approach. Since these preliminary results reveal singular arcs, we then use Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle and apply multiple indirect shooting methods combined with homotopy approach to obtain an accurate solution of the relaxed problem. Finally, in order to recover a purely bang-bang solution for the original problem, we...

Minimum energy control of fractional positive continuous-time linear systems with bounded inputs

Tadeusz Kaczorek (2014)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

A minimum energy control problem for fractional positive continuous-time linear systems with bounded inputs is formulated and solved. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution to the problem are established. A procedure for solving the problem is proposed and illustrated with a numerical example.

Minimum energy control of positive continuous-time linear systems with bounded inputs

Tadeusz Kaczorek (2013)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

The minimum energy control problem for positive continuous-time linear systems with bounded inputs is formulated and solved. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution to the problem are established. A procedure for solving the problem is proposed and illustrated with a numerical example.

Mixed finite element analysis of semi-coercive unilateral contact problems with given friction

Ivan Hlaváček (2007)

Applications of Mathematics

A unilateral contact 2D-problem is considered provided one of two elastic bodies can shift in a given direction as a rigid body. Using Lagrange multipliers for both normal and tangential constraints on the contact interface, we introduce a saddle point problem and prove its unique solvability. We discretize the problem by a standard finite element method and prove a convergence of approximations. We propose a numerical realization on the basis of an auxiliary “bolted” problem and the algorithm of...

Mixed formulation of elliptic variational inequalities and its approximation

Jaroslav Haslinger (1981)

Aplikace matematiky

The approximation of a mixed formulation of elliptic variational inequalities is studied. Mixed formulation is defined as the problem of finding a saddle-point of a properly chosen Lagrangian 2 on a certain convex set K x Λ . Sufficient conditions, guaranteeing the convergence of approximate solutions are studied. Abstract results are applied to concrete examples.

Mixed formulations for a class of variational inequalities

Leila Slimane, Abderrahmane Bendali, Patrick Laborde (2004)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique

A general setting is proposed for the mixed finite element approximations of elliptic differential problems involving a unilateral boundary condition. The treatment covers the Signorini problem as well as the unilateral contact problem with or without friction. Existence, uniqueness for both the continuous and the discrete problem as well as error estimates are established in a general framework. As an application, the approximation of the Signorini problem by the lowest order mixed finite element...

Mixed formulations for a class of variational inequalities

Leila Slimane, Abderrahmane Bendali, Patrick Laborde (2010)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

A general setting is proposed for the mixed finite element approximations of elliptic differential problems involving a unilateral boundary condition. The treatment covers the Signorini problem as well as the unilateral contact problem with or without friction. Existence, uniqueness for both the continuous and the discrete problem as well as error estimates are established in a general framework. As an application, the approximation of the Signorini problem by the lowest order mixed finite element...

Modeling biased information seeking with second order probability distributions

Gernot D. Kleiter (2015)

Kybernetika

Updating probabilities by information from only one hypothesis and thereby ignoring alternative hypotheses, is not only biased but leads to progressively imprecise conclusions. In psychology this phenomenon was studied in experiments with the “pseudodiagnosticity task”. In probability logic the phenomenon that additional premises increase the imprecision of a conclusion is known as “degradation”. The present contribution investigates degradation in the context of second order probability distributions....

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