Optimal control of two dimensional third grade fluids

Abstract: The aim of this work is to study the optimal control problems of flows governed by the incompressible third grade fluid equations with Navier-slip boundary conditions. After recalling a result on the well-posedness of the state equations, we study the existence and the uniqueness of solution to the linearized state and adjoint equations. Furthermore, we present a stability result for the state, and show that the solution of the linearized equation coincides with the G^ateaux derivative of the control-to-state mapping. Next, we prove the existence of an optimal solution and establish the first order optimality conditions. Finally, an uniqueness result of the coupled system constituted by the state equation, the adjoint equation and the first order optimality condition is established, under sufficiently large intensity of the cost.