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2010
Journal Article
Titel
Adjoint based optimization of a free surface flow for film casting
Abstract
Motivated by the industrial process of film casting, we discuss an optimal control approach for a viscous free surface flow that is asymptotically described by 2d Stokes equations. The aim is to optimize the shape of the free boundaries by adjusting the ambient pressure. A PDE-constrained optimization problem is set up, where the free surfaces are described as graphs. The first-order optimality system is derived via the Lagrangian formalism. The resulting minimization problem is solved by a steepest descent method, where the gradient is expressed in terms of the adjoint variables. Numerical results are presented.