Analysis and finite element discretization for optimal control of a linear fluid–structure interaction problem with delay

Abstract

Abstract An optimal control problem for a linearized fluid–structure interaction model with a delay term in the structural damping is analyzed. A distributed control acting on the fluid domain, structure domain or both is considered. The necessary optimality conditions are derived both for rough and smooth initial data. A parabolic regularization of the problem and its convergence are investigated. Finite element discretization for the regularized problem and error estimates are provided. Piecewise linear elements with bubble functions for the fluid and a discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the spatial and temporal discretizations are utilized respectively. Numerical experiments illustrating the theoretical results are given.