Optimal boundary control of vibrating structures in two space dimensions (Q4378734)

In this paper, boundary control problems for vibrating structures are considered whose equation of motion is of the form \[ m(p) w_{tt}+ C(p)[w_t]+ L(p)[w]= 0\quad\text{on }\Omega\times (0,T),\tag{1} \] where \(\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^2\) is a bounded region with piecewise smooth boundary, \(m>0\) a given function, \[ C(p)[w_t]= \sum^2_{r+s=0} c_{rs}(p) \partial^r_x \partial^s_y w_t,\quad L(p)[w]= \sum^2_{r+ s=0} \ell_{rs}(p) \partial^r_x \partial^s_y w, \] where \(c_{rs}\) and \(\ell_{rs}\) for \(r,s= 0,1,2\) are given smooth functions, \(w_t= {\partial w\over\partial t}\), \(\partial_x w= w_x= {\partial w\over\partial x}\), etc. Further initial conditions \[ w(x,y,0)= f(x,y),\quad w_t(x,y,0)= g(x,y),\quad (x,y)\in \Omega,\tag{2} \] are given where \(f\in H^1(\Omega)\) and \(g\in L^2(\Omega)\). Equation (1) is subject to boundary conditions of the form \[ B_j(q)[w]= P_j(q,t)\quad\text{on } \Gamma_j\;(q\in\Gamma_j)\quad\text{for }j= 1,2,\dots,n,\tag{3} \] where \(\partial\Omega= \bigcup^n_{j=1} \Gamma_j\) and \[ B_j(q)[w]= \lim_{p\to q} b^1_j(q) w(p,t)+ b^2_j(q) w_x(p,t)+ b^3_j(q) w_y(p,t) \] for \(q\in\Gamma_j\), \(j= 1,\dots, n\), \(t\in [0,T]\) with boundary control functions \(P_j\) that are assumed to be in the admissible set \(U_{ad}= L^2((0, T); L^2(\partial\Omega))\). The performance index is given by \[ J(P)= \iint_\Omega \{\mu_1 w^2(p, T; P)+ \mu_2 w^2_t(p,T;P)\}dx dy+ \iint_{\partial\Omega\times (0,T)} \langle Q(q,t), Q(q,t)\rangle d\sigma, \] where \(\mu_1,\mu_2\geq 0\), \(\mu_1+ \mu_2>0\) are weighting constants, \(P= (P_1,\dots, P_n)\), \(Q= (v^{1/2}_1 P_1,\dots,\) \(v^{1/2}_n P_n)\) with constants \(v_j\geq 0\). The problem consists of minimizing \(J(P)\) subject to (1), (2), and (3). As a necessary condition for a solution of this problem a maximum principle is stated without proof.