Optimal distributed control of a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard/Navier-Stokes system in two dimensions (Q2789583)

The mathematical model is a boundary initial value problem for a coupled system of Navier-Stokes equations and a convective nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation in two space dimensions. The authors state an optimal control problem with a quadratic performance functional involving \(u\) (the averaged velocity field ) and \(\phi\) (the order parameter ) as state variables and \(v\) (the external force density) as control variable. Results concerning the well-posedness of the considered system are largely discussed first. The main results of this paper refer to the existence of a solution to the optimal control problem, the Fréchet differentiability of the control-to-state operator and to the first-order necessary optimality conditions.