Fictitious domain approaches in shape optimization

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This contribution deals with practical aspects of shape optimization, namely how to increase the efficiency of the inner level of the optimization process. The boundary variation technique widely used in practice together with the classical finite element method used for the numerical realization of state problems is not very efficient since one has to update all necessary data (the stiffness matrix, load vector) before the new shape is computed. This paper offers a possible approach how to overcome this drawback. We propose the so-called fictitious domain techniques for the numerical solution of state problems. These techniques enable us to perform all computations on a fixed domain and on a fixed partition into finite elements. On the other hand, fictitious domain approaches give rise to certain pathologies of cost functionals, such as a possible non-differentiability, the creation of plateaus for which classical gradient local type minimization methods are unusable. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0901.00062].











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