Optimum shape problems for distributed parameter systems

In this thesis the variation of a functional defined on a variable domain has been studied and applied to the problem of finding the optimum shape of the domain in which some performance criterion has an extreme. The method most frequently used is one due to Gelf and Fomin. It is applied to problems...

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Main Author: Edwards, Janet M.
Published: University of Leicester 1977
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.454421