Reducing drag of the obstacle in the channel by boundary control: Theory and numerics
Abstract
Fluid structure interaction comprising of an elastic body immersed in the moving fluid is considered. The fluid is modeled by an incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions. The goal is to reduce a drag of the obstacle by changing the flow profile on the inlet. This leads to a boundary control problem with a minimization of a hydro-elastic pressure on the interface between the solid and the fluid. The latter is expressed in a form of shape functional. The interface is "free" and it is itself an unknown variable. The problem is reformulated as a quasilinear PDE-control with a free boundary. A distinct feature of the model is that the boundary conditions imposed on the fluid domain are mixed [change from Dirichlet to Neumann]. This feature is well known to cause singularities in elliptic solutions. Handling of these requires a careful analysis of local singularities which depend on the geometry of the domain. The final result provides an existence of optimal control [with volume constraints] which minimizes the drag of the obstacle, under the assumption of sufficiently small strains. The obtained results are illustrated by numerical simulations which confirm and interpret the theoretical findings.
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Recommended Citation
Lasiecka, I., Szulc, K., & Zochowski, A. (2019). Reducing drag of the obstacle in the channel by boundary control: Theory and numerics. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52, 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.08.030
