Title
Optimal control for mass conservative level set methods.
Abstract
This paper presents two different versions of an optimal control method for enforcing mass conservation in level set algorithms. The proposed PDE-constrained optimization procedure corrects a numerical solution to the level set transport equation so as to satisfy a conservation law for the corresponding Heaviside function. In the original version of this method, conservation errors are corrected by adding the gradient of a scalar control variable to the convective flux in the state equation. In the present paper, we investigate the use of vector controls. The alternative formulation offers additional flexibility and requires less regularity than the original method. The nonlinear system of first-order optimality conditions is solved using a standard fixed-point iteration. The new methodology is evaluated numerically and compared to the scalar control approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.cam.2013.12.040
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Evolving interfaces,Level set methods,Finite elements,Mass conservation,Optimal control,PDE-constrained optimization
Convection–diffusion equation,Mathematical optimization,Optimal control,Mathematical analysis,Scalar (physics),Level set,Control variable,Conservation of mass,Mathematics,Conservation law,Heaviside step function
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
270
0377-0427
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christopher Basting120.38
Dmitri Kuzmin216723.90