Optimal design for 2D wave equations. (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cea, M.
• Is Part Of: Optimization methods and software. Volume 32:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: finite elements -- wave equation -- shape optimization -- optimal control -- adjoint equation -- topological derivative -- complementary-Hausdorff topology; Mathematical optimization -- Periodicals; Algorithms -- Periodicals; 519.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10556788.2016.1201083
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1055-6788

Abstract

Abstract : In this paper We consider a problem of optimal design in 2D for the wave equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We introduce a finite element discrete version of this problem in which the domains under consideration are polygons defined on the numerical mesh. We prove that, as the mesh size tends to zero, any limit, in the sense of the complementary-Hausdorff convergence, of discrete optimal shapes is an optimal domain for the continuous optimal design problem. We work in the functional and geometric setting introduced by V. Šveràk in which the domains under consideration are assumed to have an a priori limited number of holes. We present in detail a numerical algorithm and show the efficiency of the method through various numerical experiments.