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Numerical Solution of an Inverse Obstacle Scattering Problem for Elastic Waves via the Helmholtz Decomposition

Junhong Yue, Ming Li, Peijun Li & Xiaokai Yuan

Commun. Comput. Phys., 26 (2019), pp. 809-837.

Published online: 2019-04

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Consider an inverse obstacle scattering problem in an open space which is filled with a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium. The inverse problem is to determine the obstacle's surface from the measurement of the displacement on an artificial boundary enclosing the obstacle. In this paper, a new approach is proposed for numerical solution of the inverse problem. By introducing two scalar potential functions, the method uses the Helmholtz decomposition to split the displacement of the elastic wave equation into the compressional and shear waves, which satisfy a coupled boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equations. The domain derivative is studied for the coupled Helmholtz system. In particular, we show that the domain derivative of the potentials is the Helmholtz decomposition of the domain derivative of the displacement for the elastic wave equation. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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78A46, 65N21

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@Article{CiCP-26-809, author = {Junhong Yue, Ming Li, Peijun Li and Xiaokai Yuan}, title = {Numerical Solution of an Inverse Obstacle Scattering Problem for Elastic Waves via the Helmholtz Decomposition}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2019}, volume = {26}, number = {3}, pages = {809--837}, abstract = {

Consider an inverse obstacle scattering problem in an open space which is filled with a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium. The inverse problem is to determine the obstacle's surface from the measurement of the displacement on an artificial boundary enclosing the obstacle. In this paper, a new approach is proposed for numerical solution of the inverse problem. By introducing two scalar potential functions, the method uses the Helmholtz decomposition to split the displacement of the elastic wave equation into the compressional and shear waves, which satisfy a coupled boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equations. The domain derivative is studied for the coupled Helmholtz system. In particular, we show that the domain derivative of the potentials is the Helmholtz decomposition of the domain derivative of the displacement for the elastic wave equation. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical Solution of an Inverse Obstacle Scattering Problem for Elastic Waves via the Helmholtz Decomposition AU - Junhong Yue, Ming Li, Peijun Li & Xiaokai Yuan JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 3 SP - 809 EP - 837 PY - 2019 DA - 2019/04 SN - 26 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2018-0194 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/13148.html KW - The elastic wave equation, inverse obstacle scattering, domain derivative, the Helmholtz decomposition. AB -

Consider an inverse obstacle scattering problem in an open space which is filled with a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium. The inverse problem is to determine the obstacle's surface from the measurement of the displacement on an artificial boundary enclosing the obstacle. In this paper, a new approach is proposed for numerical solution of the inverse problem. By introducing two scalar potential functions, the method uses the Helmholtz decomposition to split the displacement of the elastic wave equation into the compressional and shear waves, which satisfy a coupled boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equations. The domain derivative is studied for the coupled Helmholtz system. In particular, we show that the domain derivative of the potentials is the Helmholtz decomposition of the domain derivative of the displacement for the elastic wave equation. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Junhong Yue, Ming Li, Peijun Li and Xiaokai Yuan. (2019). Numerical Solution of an Inverse Obstacle Scattering Problem for Elastic Waves via the Helmholtz Decomposition. Communications in Computational Physics. 26 (3). 809-837. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2018-0194
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