Application of the laminar Navier-Stokes equations for solving 2D and 3D pathfinding problems with static and dynamic spatial constraints: implementation and validation in Comsol Multiphysics (Q1742686)

In this fairly laborious paper the author is concerned with the numerical determination of one path or even with the optimal shortest path between two points in the space. He carries out his study in three steps. First, he uses some of CFD methods for the resolution of pathfinding problems that include: incomplete information of the spatial domain, dynamical evolution of the environment, one-way routes, and 3D environments for ground or nonholonomic flying vehicles. Then, in the second step he employs the Comsol Multiphysics 5.0 environment coupled with Matlab programming environment in order to implement and validate the proposed algorithms. Thirdly, he performs a sensitivity analysis of the proposed algorithms, i.e., the dependence of solutions on some key parameters. He is also interested in studying the dependence of solutions upon the changes in the geometry of domain.