Space mapping techniques for a structural optimization problem governed by the p-Laplace equation

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF PLANE STRUCTURES USING BINARY LEVEL SET METHOD AND ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS

This paper presents the topology optimization of plane structures using a binary level set (BLS) approach and isogeometric analysis (IGA). In the standard level set method, the domain boundary is descripted as an isocountour of a scalar function of a higher dimensionality. The evolution of this boundary is governed by Hamilton–Jacobi equation. In the BLS method, the interfaces of subdomai...

Existstence and uniqueness of positive solution for a class of boundary value problem including fractional differential equation

In this paper we investigate a kind of boundary value problem involving a fractional differential equation.  We study the existence of positive solutions of the problem that fractional derivative is the Reimann-Liouville fractional derivative. At first the green function is computed then it is proved that the green function is positive. We present necessary and sufficient conditions for existen...

Inversion of Gravity Data by Constrained Nonlinear Optimization based on nonlinear Programming Techniques for Mapping Bedrock Topography

A constrained nonlinear optimization method based on nonlinear programming techniques has been applied to map geometry of bedrock of sedimentary basins by inversion of gravity anomaly data. In the inversion, the applying model is a 2-D model that is composed of a set of juxtaposed prisms whose lower depths have been considered as unknown model parameters. The applied inversion method is a nonli...

Semiconductor Device Simulation by a New Method of Solving Poisson, Laplace and Schrodinger Equations (RESEARCH NOTE)

In this paper, we have extended and completed our previous work, that was introducing a new method for finite differentiation. We show the applicability of the method for solving a wide variety of equations such as Poisson, Lap lace and Schrodinger. These equations are fundamental to the most semiconductor device simulators. In a section, we solve the Shordinger equation by this method in sever...

A space mapping approach for the p-Laplace equation