Reliable solution for a 1D quasilinear elliptic equation with uncertain coefficients (Q1301874): Difference between revisions

The paper deals with the existence of reliable solutions (the notion introduced by Hlavàček) for the quasilinear elliptic equation \[ -(a(u) u')' = f \quad \text{in } \Omega , \qquad u = \overline{u} \quad \text{on } \Gamma_1, \qquad a(u) u' = g \quad \text{on } \Gamma_2 \] where \(\Omega = (0,1), \Gamma_1 = \{0\} \text{ (or } \{0,1\}), \Gamma_2 = \{0,1\} \setminus \Gamma_1, a\) is a Lipschitz continuous function on \(\mathbb R\), \(\overline u\) is a constant. The reliable solution we are looking for (\(u \in C^1(\overline{\Omega}) \cap C^2(\Omega)\)) depends on the coefficient function which is not known exactly; it is uncertain and belongs to an admissible set. The reliable solution is ''the worst'' case among the set of possible solutions, the ``badness'' is measured by a cost functional. The Kirchhoff transformation is applied to obtain the existence of the state solutions and a cost sensitivity formula. The problem is approximated by means of a finite element method. Some convergence results are proven and numerical examples are given.