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Detecting cavities by electrostatic boundary measurements

Giovanni Alessandrini1, Antonino Morassi2 and Edi Rosset1

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We prove upper and lower bounds on the size of an unknown cavity, or of a perfectly conducting inclusion, in an electrical conductor in terms of boundary measurements of voltage and current. Such bounds, which might be used as a decision tool in quality testing of materials, are obtained by a nontrivial extension of previous results (Alessandrini G, Rosset E and Seo J K 2000 Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 128 53–64) regarding inclusions of finite, nonzero conductivity.


PACS

02.30.Zz Inverse problems

02.30.Jr Partial differential equations

84.37.+q Electric variable measurements (including voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and admittance, etc.)

MSC

35R30 Inverse problems (undetermined coefficients, etc.) for PDE

35N15 bar partial-Neumann problem and generalizations; formal complexes (See also 32W05, 32W10, 58J10)

34K10 Boundary value problems

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Electronics and devices

Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 5 (October 2002)

Received 21 March 2002, in final form 26 June 2002

Published 19 August 2002



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