A Level Set Method for Solving Free Boundary Problems Associated with Obstacles

A Level Set Method for Solving Free Boundary Problems Associated with Obstacles

Year:    2004

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 1 (2004), Iss. 2 : pp. 157–172

Abstract

A level set method is proposed for solving free boundary problems coming from contact with obstacles. Two different approaches are described and applied for solving a unilateral obstacle problem. The cost functionals coming from the new approach are nonsmooth. For solving the nonsmooth minimization problems, two methods are applied: firstly, a proximal bundle method, which is a method for solving general nonsmooth optimization problems. Secondly, a gradient method is proposed for solving the regularized problems. Numerical experiments are included to verify the convergence of the methods and the quality of the results.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2004-IJNAM-972

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 1 (2004), Iss. 2 : pp. 157–172

Published online:    2004-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    16

Keywords:    Level set methods free boundary problems obstacle problem.