Optimal control of radiating panels via sequential quadratic programming Available to Purchase

The optimal control of the steady‐state temperature distribution in radiating panels using control heat sources is considered. The problem has important applications in the thermal control of space structures. A mathematical model leads to an elliptic nonlinear optimal control problem. A numerical optimal control method, based on finite element (FE) discretization and sequential quadratic programming (SQP), is employed. Results are presented for some specific examples.