On the existence of solutions to some problems of optimal design for bars and plates
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On the existence of solutions to some problems of optimal design for bars and plates
zbMATH Open document ID: 0505.73060
DOI: 10.1007/BF00934299
author: A. V. Fedorov
author: Konstantin A. Lurie
author: Andrej V. Cherkaev
published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The problem of the optimal control of the material characteristics of continuous media necessitates an extension of the initial class of materials to the set of composites assembled from elements belonging to the initial class. Such an extension guarantees the existence of an optimal control and is equivalent to the construction of the \(G\)-closure \(GU\) of the initial set \(U\). In this paper, we consider some problems of constructing \(G\)-closures for the operators \(\nabla\cdot{}^2D\cdot\nabla\) and \(\nabla\cdot\nabla\cdot{}^4D\cdot\cdot\nabla\nabla\), where \({}^2D\) and \({}^4D\) denote self-adjoint tensors of 2nd and 4th rank, respectively, their components belonging to bounded sets of \(L_\infty\). These operators arise in the theory of the torsion of bars and in the theory of bending of thin plates. A procedure is suggested that provides estimates of some sets \(\Sigma\) containing \(GU\). These estimates are expressed through weak limits of certain functions of the elements of the \(U\)-set. The estimates are based on the weak convergence of the elastic energy and, for operators of 4th order, also on the weak convergence of the second invariant of deformation, \[ I_2(e)=w_{xx}w_{yy}-w^2_{xy}-I_2(e^0)=w^0_{xx}w^0_{yy}-(w^0_{xy})^2. \] For operators of 2nd order, we consider the problem of the control of the orientation of the principal axes of \({}^2D\). The set \(\Sigma\) is constructed, and it is shown that its elements correspond, in a sense, to media with some well-determined microstructure (layered media). A number of problems for operators of 4th order are also considered. For these problems, the \(\Sigma\)-set is constructed for the control problem of the modulus of dilatation \(k\), if the shear modulus \(\mu\) is fixed and also for the control problem of the shear modulus \(\mu\) for fixed value of \(k\). The problem of the orientation of the principal axes of elasticity is analyzed for a medium with cubic symmetry (semi-isotropic medium). The d…
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74P99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74K10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74K20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49J99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 47B38
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74E30
zbMATH DE Number: 3797284
zbMATH Keywords: optimal control
zbMATH Keywords: G-closures
zbMATH Keywords: torsion of bars
zbMATH Keywords: bending of thin plates
zbMATH Keywords: estimates
zbMATH Keywords: sliding regimes
zbMATH Keywords: regularization
zbMATH Keywords: optimal design
zbMATH Keywords: existence of solutions
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