<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper concerns the identification of a small obstacle immersed in a Stokes flow from boundary measurements. The proposed approach is based on the Kohn-Vogelius formulation and the topological sensitivity analysis method. We derive a high order asymptotic formula describing the variation of a Kohn-Vogelius type functional with respect to the insertion of a small obstacle inside the fluid flow domain. The obtained asymptotic formula will serve as very useful tools for developing accurate and robust numerical reconstruction algorithms.</p></abstract>

This paper concerns the identification of a small obstacle immersed in a Stokes flow from boundary measurements. The proposed approach is based on the Kohn-Vogelius formulation and the topological sensitivity analysis method. We derive a high order asymptotic formula describing the variation of a Kohn-Vogelius type functional with respect to the insertion of a small obstacle inside the fluid flow domain. The obtained asymptotic formula will serve as very useful tools for developing accurate and robust numerical reconstruction algorithms.

Kohn-Vogelius formulation and high-order topological asymptotic formula for identifying small obstacles in a fluid medium

Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Ovidius" Constanţa. Seria Matematică

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This paper concerns the identification of a small obstacle immersed in a Stokes flow from boundary measurements. The proposed approach is based on the...

Kohn-Vogelius formulation and high-order topological asymptotic formula for identifying small obstacles in a fluid medium

Publié en ligne: 09 avr. 2020

Pages: 35 - 59

Reçu: 19 févr. 2019

Accepté: 25 avr. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auom-2020-0003

Mots clés
Kohn-Vogelius formulation, Topological sensitivity analysis, Stokes system, Geometric inverse problem, Calculus of variations, Asymptotic formula

© 2020 Montassar Barhoumi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Kohn-Vogelius formulation and high-order topological asymptotic formula for identifying small obstacles in a fluid medium

Publié en ligne: 09 avr. 2020

Pages: 35 - 59

Reçu: 19 févr. 2019

Accepté: 25 avr. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auom-2020-0003

Mots clésKohn-Vogelius formulation, Topological sensitivity analysis, Stokes system, Geometric inverse problem, Calculus of variations, Asymptotic formula

© 2020 Montassar Barhoumi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Kohn-Vogelius formulation, Topological sensitivity analysis, Stokes system, Geometric inverse problem, Calculus of variations, Asymptotic formula