Variational analysis and aerospace engineering

544 Pages·2009·7.43 MB·English

by  Giuseppe Buttazzo

VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
Springer Optimization and Its Applications
VOLUME33
ManagingEditor
PanosM.Pardalos(UniversityofFlorida)
Editor–CombinatorialOptimization
Ding-ZhuDu(UniversityofTexasatDallas)
AdvisoryBoard
J.Birge(UniversityofChicago)
C.A.Floudas(PrincetonUniversity)
F.Giannessi(UniversityofPisa)
H.D.Sherali(VirginiaPolytechnicandStateUniversity)
T.Terlaky(McMasterUniversity)
Y.Ye(StanfordUniversity)
AimsandScope
Optimizationhasbeenexpandinginalldirectionsatanastonishingratedur-
ing the last few decades. New algorithmic and theoretical techniques have
beendeveloped,thediffusionintootherdisciplineshasproceededatarapid
pace, and our knowledge of all aspects of the field has grown even more
profound.Atthesametime,oneofthemoststriking trendsinoptimization
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engineering,medicine,economicsandothersciences.
The series Optimization and Its Applications publishes undergraduate
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that focus on algorithms for solving optimization problems and also study
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nonlinear optimization (convex and nonconvex), network flow problems,
stochastic optimization, optimal control, discrete optimization, multiobjec-
tive programming, description of software packages, approximation tech-
niquesandheuristicapproaches.
VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING
EditedBy
GIUSEPPEBUTTAZZO
UniversityofPisa,Italy
ALDOFREDIANI
UniversityofPisa,Italy
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Editors
GiuseppeButtazzo AldoFrediani
Universita`diPisa Universita`diPisa
Dipto.Matematica Dipto.IngegneriaAerospaziale
LargoB.Pontecorvo,5 ViaDiotisalvi,2
56127Pisa,Italy 56126Pisa,Italy
[email protected] [email protected]
ISSN1931-6828
ISBN978-0-387-95856-9 e-ISBN978-0-387-95857-6
DOI10.1007/978-0-387-95857-6
SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYork
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ThisbookisdedicatedtoAngeloMieleonthe
occasionofhis85thbirthday.
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Preface
Inrecentyears,newmathematicalmethodsandtoolshavebeendevelopedandap-
pliedextensivelyinthefieldofaerospaceengineering,forexample,finiteelement
method,computationalfluiddynamics,optimization,control,eigenvaluesproblems.
The interaction between aerospace engineering and mathematics has been signifi-
cantinthepastforbothengineersandmathematiciansandwillbeevenstrongerin
thefuture.
The School of Mathematics “Guido Stampacchia” of the “Ettore Majorana”
FoundationandCentreofScientificCultureisthemostappropriatesiteforaerospace
engineersandmathematicianstomeet.Thepresentvolumecollectsthepaperspre-
sentedattheEriceWorkshopheldonSeptember8–16,2007,whichwasorganized
in order to allow aerospace engineers and mathematicians from Universities, Re-
searchCentres,andIndustrytodebateadvancedproblemsinaerospaceengineering
requiringextensivemathematicalapplications.
Theeditorsareconfidenttocapturetheinterestofpeoplefrombothacademiaand
industry,particularly,youngresearchersworkingonnewfrontiersofmathematical
applicationstoengineering.
The workshop was dedicated to Angelo Miele, Professor at Rice University in
Houston, on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Angelo Miele is both an eminent
mathematicianandafamousengineer,amongotheractivities,abletoconceivenew
scenarios for space exploration. He has been the advisor of many PhD students
atHouston, whobecame well-known professorsinuniversities worldwide and are
speakersatthisworkshop.
Pisa, GiuseppeButtazzo,Pisa(Italy)
July2008 AldoFrediani,Pisa(Italy)
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Acknowledgments
This volume collects the contributions presented in the workshop on “Variational
AnalysisandAerospaceEngineering,”heldinEriceonSeptember8–16,2007.The
workshopaswellasthepreparationofthisvolumehavebeenpossiblethankstothe
contributionsofthefollowingorganisationsandindividuals:
– Universita` diPisa,Pisa,Italy
– GNAMPA(GruppoNazionaleperl’AnalisiMatematica,laProbabilita` eleloro
Applicazioni),Italy
– DipartimentodiIngegneriaAerospazialediPisa,Pisa,Italy
– TechnicalUniversityofTechnology,Delft,Holland
– ContessaMariaFedeCaproni,Roma,Italy
– IDS,Pisa,Italy
– AgustaWestland,CascinaCosta,Italy
– FondazioneCassadiRisparmiodiPisa,Pisa,Italy
– ConsorzioEtruriaSCArl,Montelupo,Firenze,Italy
WegratefullyacknowledgetheE.MajoranaCentreandFoundationforScientific
CultureandtheprecioushelpbyFrancoGiannessiandEmanueleRizzo.
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