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mpccdist3 details:
Keywords: analytic solution
Global classification: nonlinear-quadratic
Functional: convex quadratic
Geometry: easy, fixed
Design: coupled via volume data
Differential operator:
- Damage:
- quasi-linear other operator of order 2.
- Defined on a 2-dim domain in 2-dim space
- Time dependent.
Design constraints:
- none
State constraints:
- none
Mixed constraints:
- none
Submitted on 2016-07-01 by Marita Holtmannspötter. Published on 2016-12-23
mpccdist3 description:
Introduction
We study the optimal control of a particular gradient enhanced damage model. The damage model is based on Dimitrijevic and Hackl [2008], the optimization problem is currently unpublished and provided by M. Holtmannspötter.
The presented damage model features two damage variables, one with higher spatial regularity and one which carries the evolution of damage in time. Their difference is penalized in the free energy functional. The evolution of damage in time is modeled by a nonsmooth operator ODE. Therefore the control-to-state operator is not differentiable whenever there are biactive points present.
This example features three sets of data, such that the known global optimum has either only inactive points, only strongly active points, or only biactive points.
Variables & Notation
Unknowns
In contrast to the original damage model in Dimitrijevic and Hackl [2008], the situation is simplified by considering only scalar valued functions. The unknown functions are
Given Data
For the construction of analytically known solutions, the following functions need to be specified:
These data will be specified below in the supplementary materials section, such that globally optimal solutions with the desired properties are known. In addition, the following data are needed to specify all variables in the problem:
Additional Notation
In this example, the difficulty lies in the potential non-differentiability of the operator in the evolution law of the local damage variable. To describe the area where differentiability is critical, we define three sets:
Problem Description
We use a standard tracking type functional:
The above minimization is subject to the constraints
The functions , , and in the system are inserted to allow the construction of a known solution for the optimization problem. The function can be interpreted as a given (uncontrolled) load and as initial local damage.
Optimality System
The control-to-state operator is, in general, not differentiable. Consequently, standard methods for the derivation of necessary optimality conditions using adjoint techniques fail. If, however, the biactive set is a set of measure zero a.e. in , then the directional derivative of the control-to-state map is linear, and adjoint states can be introduced. In this case, first order necessary optimality conditions for the above problem in a point are given by the existence of , , such that the following adjoint system
Moreover, the gradient equation
holds a.e. in .
Supplementary Material
In this section, we provide three different sets of data, leading to the three distinct cases featuring only inactive points, only active points, and only biactive points. For all three settings, we define the auxiliary functions
In virtue of this construction, the unique global optimum is , , , and and consequently the adjoint state is in all three cases. Clearly, the corresponding value of the objective is zero.
Case 1: Only inactive points ()
Case 2: Only strongly active points ()
Notice that in this case, the function .
Case 3: Only biactive points ()
References
B. J. Dimitrijevic and K. Hackl. A method for gradient enhancement of continuum damage models. Technische Mechanik, 28(1):43–52, 2008. URL http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/ifme/zeitschrift_tm/2008_Heft1/05_Dimitrievich_Hackl.pdf.