Accession Number:

ADA282912

Title:

Computational Methods for PDEs in Flow Control, Superconductivity, Fluid Flows and Other Applications

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 1 Dec 1992-28 Feb 1994

Corporate Author:

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND STATE UNIV BLACKSBURG INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Personal Author(s):

• Gunzburger, Max D.

Report Date:

1994-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

We give an overview of the research carried out under grant sponsorship and then give details concerning four of the problems we have worked on and for which we have obtained significant results. These are least-squares finite element methods for incompressible, viscous flows analysis of a shape control problem for the Navier-Stokes equations finite dimensional approximation of a class of nonlinear optimal control problems and feedback control of Karman vortex shedding. We then give lists of papers prepared and personnel supported under grant sponsorship.

Descriptors:

• *FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
• *COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
• *VISCOUS FLOW
• ALGORITHMS
• FLOW VISUALIZATION
• FEEDBACK
• LEAST SQUARES METHOD
• CONTROL THEORY
• SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
• INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW
• NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS
• NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• VORTEX SHEDDING
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• OPTIMIZATION

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE