Quasi-variational inequality and shape optimization for solution of a free boundary problem

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-164

  Abouchabaka, J ^a   Aboulaich R ^a   Nachaoui, A ^b   Souissi, A ^c  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; QUASI-VARIATIONAL INEQUALITY;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0032654879     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321649910264154     Document Type: Article

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