Determining electrical and heat transfer parameters using coupled boundary measurements

DOI10.1137/100818868zbMATH Open1234.35312arXiv1012.3099OpenAlexW2964214182MaRDI QIDQ3116276FDOQ3116276

M. Lassas, Katsiaryna Krupchyk, S. Siltanen

Publication date: 22 February 2012

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $Omegasubset{R}^n$, $nge3$, be a smooth bounded domain and consider a coupled system in $Omega$ consisting of a conductivity equation $ablacdotgamma(x)ablau(t,x)=0$ and an anisotropic heat equation $kapp{a}^{-1}(x)partia{l}_{t}psi(t,x)=ablacdot(A(x)ablapsi(t,x))+(gammaablau(t,x))cdotablau(t,x),quadtge0$. It is shown that the coefficients $gamma$, $kappa$ and $A=(a_{jk})$ are uniquely determined from the knowledge of the boundary map $u{|}_{partialOmega}mapstoucdotAablapsi{|}_{partialOmega}$, where $u$ is the unit outer normal to $partialOmega$. The coupled system models the following physical phenomenon. Given a fixed voltage distribution, maintained on the boundary $partialOmega$, an electric current distribution appears inside $Omega$. The current in turn acts as a source of heat inside $Omega$, and the heat flows out of the body through the boundary. The boundary measurements above then correspond to the map taking a voltage distribution on the boundary to the resulting heat flow through the boundary. The presented mathematical results suggest a new hybrid diffuse imaging modality combining electrical prospecting and heat transfer-based probing.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3099

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zbMATH Keywords

inverse problemheat transferelectrical impedance tomographycoupled systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems for PDEs (35R30) Inverse problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A23)

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