Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 10120, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2007/10120
Research Article
Variational Problems with Moving Boundaries Using Decomposition Method
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Semnan University, P.O. Box 35195-363, Semnan, Iran
Received 12 December 2006; Revised 23 April 2007; Accepted 25 July 2007
Academic Editor: T. Zolezzi
Copyright © 2007 Reza Memarbashi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present a numerical method for solving variational
problems with moving boundaries. We apply Adomian decomposition method on the
Euler-Lagrange equation with boundary conditions that yield from transversality conditions
and natural boundary conditions.