Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

Bodies of minimal aerodynamic resistance with a relaxed convexity constraint.

Edoardo Mainini (Univ. Genova)

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22 mar 2017 -- 17:00   [open in google calendar]

Sala Seminari (Dipartimento di Matematica di Pisa)

Abstract.

We characterize the solution to the Newton minimal resistance problem in a specific class of hollow profiles, satisfying a q-concavity condition. We treat two-dimensional bodies and radially symmetric three-dimensional bodies.