Optimal design of paper machine headboxes

A shape optimization problem for incompressible flows within a stabilized finite element framework is studied. The goal is to develop and test numerical realizations of optimal shape design problems that could be applied to non-trivial industrial problems. The resulting algorithm is applied to the optimization of the geometry of a tapered header in a paper machine headbox. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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