Reconstruction of cracks and material losses by perimeter-like penalizations and phase-field methods: numerical results (Q651810)

Summary: We numerically implement the variational approach for reconstruction in the inverse crack and cavity problems developed by the second author [Eur. J. Appl. Math. 19, No. 6, 635--660 (2008; Zbl 1148.74026); J. Differ. Equations 251, No. 1, 150--175 (2011; Zbl 1217.35215)]. The method is based on a suitably adapted free-discontinuity problem. Its main features are the use of phase-field functions to describe the defects to be reconstructed and the use of perimeter-like penalizations to regularize the ill-posed problem. The numerical implementation is based on the solution of the corresponding optimality system by a gradient method. Numerical simulations are presented to show the validity of the method.