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A geometric lower bound on Grad’s number

Alessio Figalli (2009)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

In this note we provide a new geometric lower bound on the so-called Grad’s number of a domain Ø in terms of how far Ø is from being axisymmetric. Such an estimate is important in the study of the trend to equilibrium for the Boltzmann equation for dilute gases.

A geometric lower bound on Grad's number

Alessio Figalli (2008)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

In this note we provide a new geometric lower bound on the so-called Grad's number of a domain Ω in terms of how far Ω is from being axisymmetric. Such an estimate is important in the study of the trend to equilibrium for the Boltzmann equation for dilute gases.

A level set method in shape and topology optimization for variational inequalities

Piotr Fulmański, Antoine Laurain, Jean-Francois Scheid, Jan Sokołowski (2007)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

The level set method is used for shape optimization of the energy functional for the Signorini problem. The boundary variations technique is used in order to derive the shape gradients of the energy functional. The conical differentiability of solutions with respect to the boundary variations is exploited. The topology modifications during the optimization process are identified by means of an asymptotic analysis. The topological derivatives of the energy shape functional are employed for the topology...

A mixed finite element method for plate bending with a unilateral inner obstacle

Ivan Hlaváček (1994)

Applications of Mathematics

A unilateral problem of an elastic plate above a rigid interior obstacle is solved on the basis of a mixed variational inequality formulation. Using the saddle point theory and the Herrmann-Johnson scheme for a simultaneous computation of deflections and moments, an iterative procedure is proposed, each step of which consists in a linear plate problem. The existence, uniqueness and some convergence analysis is presented.

A Mixed Formulation of the Monge-Kantorovich Equations

John W. Barrett, Leonid Prigozhin (2007)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

We introduce and analyse a mixed formulation of the Monge-Kantorovich equations, which express optimality conditions for the mass transportation problem with cost proportional to distance. Furthermore, we introduce and analyse the finite element approximation of this formulation using the lowest order Raviart-Thomas element. Finally, we present some numerical experiments, where both the optimal transport density and the associated Kantorovich potential are computed for a coupling problem and problems...

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