Minimal Resistance of Curves under the Single Impact Assumption

DOI10.1137/140993843zbMATH Open1326.49069arXiv1410.3736OpenAlexW897263107MaRDI QIDQ5264065FDOQ5264065

Arseniy Akopyan, Alexander Plakhov

Publication date: 20 July 2015

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the hollow on the half-plane $(x,y):yle0subsetmathbb{R}^2$ defined by a function $u:(-1,1)omathbbR$, $u(x)<0$ and a vertical flow of point particles incident on the hollow. It is assumed that $u$ satisfies the so-called single impact condition (SIC): each incident particle is elastically reflected by graph$(u)$ and goes away without hitting the graph of $u$ anymore. We solve the problem: find the function $u$ minimizing the force of resistance created by the flow. We show that the graph of the minimizer is formed by two arcs of parabolas symmetric to each other with respect to the $y$-axis. Assuming that the resistance of $uequiv0$ equals 1, we show that the minimal resistance equals $pi/2-2arctan(1/2)approx0.6435$. This result completes the previously obtained result stating in particular that the minimal resistance of a hollow in higher dimensions equals 0.5. We additionally consider a similar problem of minimal resistance, where the hollow in the half-space $(x_1,ldots,x_d,y):yle0subsetmathbb{R}^{d+1}$ is defined by a radial function $U$ satisfying SIC, $U(x)=u(|x|)$, with $x=(x_1,ldots,x_d),u(xi)<0$ for $0lexi<1$ and $u(xi)=0$ for $xige1$, and the flow is parallel to the $y$-axis. The minimal resistance is greater than $0.5$ (and coincides with $0.6435$ when $d=1$) and converges to $0.5$ as $doinfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3736

zbMATH Keywords

shape optimizationNewton's problemminimal resistance curvessingle impact condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10)

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