<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We deal with the optimal control problem governed by a hyperbolic variational inequality describing the perpendicular vibrations of a beam clamped on the left end with a rigid obstacle at the right end. A variable thickness of a beam plays the role of a control parameter.</p></abstract>

We deal with the optimal control problem governed by a hyperbolic variational inequality describing the perpendicular vibrations of a beam clamped on the left end with a rigid obstacle at the right end. A variable thickness of a beam plays the role of a control parameter.

An optimal design with respect to a variable thickness of a viscoelastic beam in a dynamic boundary contact

Department of Mathematics FEI Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovičova 3 SK–812-19 Bratislava 1 SLOVAKIA

Tatra Mountains Mathematical Publications

We deal with the optimal control problem governed by a hyperbolic variational inequality describing the perpendicular vibrations of a beam clamped on the left...

An optimal design with respect to a variable thickness of a viscoelastic beam in a dynamic boundary contact

Published Online: Nov 13, 2012

Page range: 15 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10127-011-0002-8

Keywords
dynamic boundary contact problem, variational inequality, viscoelastic beam, optimal control.

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An optimal design with respect to a variable thickness of a viscoelastic beam in a dynamic boundary contact

Published Online: Nov 13, 2012

Page range: 15 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10127-011-0002-8

Keywordsdynamic boundary contact problem, variational inequality, viscoelastic beam, optimal control.

This content is open access.

Keywords
dynamic boundary contact problem, variational inequality, viscoelastic beam, optimal control.