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Title: A coupling strategy for nonlocal and local diffusion models with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions

Abstract

We develop and analyze an optimization-based method for the coupling of nonlocal and local diffusion problems with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions. The approach formulates the coupling as a control problem where the states are the solutions of the nonlocal and local equations, the objective is to minimize their mismatch on the overlap of the nonlocal and local domains, and the controls are virtual volume constraints and boundary conditions. When some assumptions on the kernel functions hold, we prove that the resulting optimization problem is well-posed and discuss its implementation using Sandia’s agile software components toolkit. As a result, the latter provides the groundwork for the development of engineering analysis tools, while numerical results for nonlocal diffusion in three-dimensions illustrate key properties of the optimization-based coupling method.

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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1631358
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1237697; OSTI ID: 1373605
Report Number(s):
SAND-2015-7039J
Journal ID: ISSN 0898-1221; S089812211500574X; PII: S089812211500574X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Computers and Mathematics with Applications (Oxford)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Computers and Mathematics with Applications (Oxford) Journal Volume: 71 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0898-1221
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; nonlocal models; coupling method; optimization; nonlocal vector calculus; mixed boundary conditions; nonlocal diffusion

Citation Formats

D’Elia, Marta, Perego, Mauro, Bochev, Pavel, and Littlewood, David. A coupling strategy for nonlocal and local diffusion models with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions. United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.camwa.2015.12.006.
D’Elia, Marta, Perego, Mauro, Bochev, Pavel, & Littlewood, David. A coupling strategy for nonlocal and local diffusion models with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2015.12.006
D’Elia, Marta, Perego, Mauro, Bochev, Pavel, and Littlewood, David. Wed . "A coupling strategy for nonlocal and local diffusion models with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2015.12.006.
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author = {D’Elia, Marta and Perego, Mauro and Bochev, Pavel and Littlewood, David},
abstractNote = {We develop and analyze an optimization-based method for the coupling of nonlocal and local diffusion problems with mixed volume constraints and boundary conditions. The approach formulates the coupling as a control problem where the states are the solutions of the nonlocal and local equations, the objective is to minimize their mismatch on the overlap of the nonlocal and local domains, and the controls are virtual volume constraints and boundary conditions. When some assumptions on the kernel functions hold, we prove that the resulting optimization problem is well-posed and discuss its implementation using Sandia’s agile software components toolkit. As a result, the latter provides the groundwork for the development of engineering analysis tools, while numerical results for nonlocal diffusion in three-dimensions illustrate key properties of the optimization-based coupling method.},
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journal = {Computers and Mathematics with Applications (Oxford)},
number = 11,
volume = 71,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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