This paper is concerned with a PDE-constrained optimization problem of induction heating, where the state equations consist of 3D time-dependent heat equations coupled with 3D time-harmonic eddy current equations. The control parameters are given by finite real numbers representing applied alternating voltages which enter the eddy current equations via impressed current. The optimization problem is to find optimal voltages so that, under certain constraints on the voltages and the temperature, a desired temperature can be optimally achieved. As there are finitely many control parameters but the state constraint has to be satisfied in an infinite number of points, the problem belongs to a class of semi-infinite programming problems. We present a rigorous analysis of the optimization problem and a numerical strategy based on our theoretical result.

Optimal control problems for semilinear elliptic equationswith control constraints and pointwise state constraints arestudied. Several theoretical results are derived, which arenecessary to carry out a numerical analysis for this class ofcontrol problems. In particular, sufficient second-order optimalityconditions, some new regularity results on optimal controls and asufficient condition for the uniqueness of the Lagrange multiplierassociated with the state constraints are presented.

This paper deals with topology optimization of domains subject to a pointwise constraint on the gradient of the state. To realize this constraint, a class of penalty functionals is introduced and the expression of the corresponding topological derivative is obtained for the Laplace equation in two space dimensions. An algorithm based on these concepts is proposed. It is illustrated by some numerical applications.

In this paper we study Lavrentiev-type regularization concepts forlinear-quadratic parabolic control problems with pointwise state constraints. Inthe first part, we apply classical Lavrentiev regularization to a problem withdistributed control, whereas in the second part, a Lavrentiev-typeregularization method based on the adjoint operator is applied to boundarycontrol problems with state constraints in the whole domain. The analysis forboth classes of control problems is investigated and numerical tests areconducted. Moreover the method is compared with other numerical techniques.

The goal of this paper is to prove the first and second orderoptimality conditions for some control problems governed bysemilinear elliptic equations with pointwise control constraintsand finitely many equality and inequality pointwise stateconstraints. To carry out the analysis we formulate a regularityassumption which is equivalent to the first order optimalityconditions. Though the presence of pointwise state constraintsleads to a discontinuous adjoint state, we prove that the optimalcontrol is Lipschitz in the whole domain. Necessary and sufficientsecond order conditions are proved with a minimal gap betweenthem.