Chapter 1 Numerical Solution of 2D Contact Shape Optimization Problems Involving a Solution-Dependent Coefficient of Friction

Chapter 2 Phase Field Methods for Binary Recovery

Chapter 3 Recent Results in Shape Optimization and Optimal Control for PDEs

Chapter 4 Adaptive Finite Elements for Optimally Controlled Elliptic Variational Inequalities of Obstacle Type

Chapter 5 Constrained Optimization: From Lagrangian Mechanics to Optimal Control and PDE Constraints

Chapter 6 Topology Design of Elastic Structures for a Contact Model

Chapter 7 Convex Programming with Separable Ellipsoidal Constraints: Application in Contact Problems with Orthotropic Friction

Chapter 8 Shape-Topological Differentiability of Energy Functionals for Unilateral Problems in Domains with Cracks and Applications

Chapter 9 Boundary Stabilization of Numerical Approximations of the 1-D Variable Coefficients Wave Equation: A Numerical Viscosity Approach

Chapter 10 Two-Sided Guaranteed Estimates of the Cost Functional for Optimal Control Problems with Elliptic State Equations

Chapter 11 Shape Sensitivity Analysis of the Work Functional for the Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations