Pre-shape calculus: foundations and application to mesh quality optimization

zbMATH Open1495.49028arXiv2012.09124MaRDI QIDQ5068893FDOQ5068893

Authors: Daniel Luft, Volker Schulz 

Publication date: 7 April 2022

Abstract: Deformations of the computational mesh arising from optimization routines usually lead to decrease of mesh quality or even destruction of the mesh. We propose a theoretical framework using pre-shapes to generalize classical shape optimization and calculus. We define pre-shape derivatives and derive according structure and calculus theorems. In particular, tangential directions are featured in pre-shape derivatives, in contrast to classical shape derivatives featuring only normal directions. Techniques from classical shape optimization and -calculus are shown to carry over to this framework. An optimization problem class for mesh quality is introduced, which is solvable by use of pre-shape derivatives. This class allows for simultaneous optimization of classical shape objectives and mesh quality without deteriorating the classical shape optimization solution. The new techniques are implemented and numerically tested for 2D and 3D.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.09124

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zbMATH Keywords

shape optimizationmesh qualityshape calculusmesh deformation methodpre-shape calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50)

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