An inverse problem for the acoustics equations: A multilevel adaptive algorithm

A numerical solution to an inverse problem for the acoustic equations using an optimization method for a stratified medium is presented. With the distribution of an acoustic wave field on the medium’s surface, the 1D distributions of medium’s density, as well as the velocity and absorption coefficient of the acoustic wave, are determined. Absorption in a Voigt body model is considered. The conjugate gradients and the Newton method are used for minimization. To increase the efficiency of the numerical method, a multilevel adaptive algorithm is proposed. The algorithm is based on a division of the whole procedure of solving the inverse problem into a series of consecutive levels. Each level is characterized by the number of parameters to be determined at the level. In moving from one level to another, the number of parameters changes adaptively according to the functional minimized and the convergence rate. The minimization parameters are chosen as illustrated by results of solving the inverse problem in a spectral domain, where the desired quantities are presented as Chebyshev polynomial series and minimization is carried out with respect to the coefficients of these series. The method is compared in efficiency with a nonadaptive method. The optimal parameters of the multilevel method are chosen. It is shown that the multilevel algorithm offers several advantages over the one without partitioning into levels. The algorithm produces primarily a more accurate solution to the inverse problem.     

Identification of objects in an acoustic wave guide inversion II: Robin–Dirichlet conditions

In this paper we investigate the unknown body problem in a wave guide where one boundary has a pressure release condition and the other an impedance condition. The method used in the paper for solving the unknown body inverse problem is the intersection canonical body approximation (ICBA). The ICBA is based on the Rayleigh conjecture, which states that every point on an illuminated body radiates sound from that point as if the point lies on its tangent sphere. The ICBA method requires that an analytical solution be known exterior to a canonical body in the wave guide. We use the sphere of arbitrary centre and radius in the wave guide as our canonical body. We are lead then to analytically computing the exterior solution for a sphere between two parallel plates. We use the ICBA to construct solutions at points ranging over the suspected surface of the unknown object to reconstruct the unknown object using a least‐squares matching of computed, acoustic field against the measured, scattered field. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the direct and inverse problems in fluid-structural interaction

This paper is concerned with the direct and inverse scattering problems in fluid-structure interaction. The scattering problem in the fluid-structure interaction can be simply described as follows: an acoustic wave propagates in the fluid domain of infinite extent where a bounded elastic body is immersed. The direct problem is to determine the scattered pressure and velocity fields in the fluid domain as well as the displacement fields in the elastic body, while the inverse problem is to reconstruct the shape of the elastic scatterer from a knowledge of the far field pattern of the fluid pressure or from the measured scattered fluid pressure field. As is well known, the inverse problems are generally nonlinear and highly ill-posed. For treating inverse problem of this kind, we reformulate the problem as a nonlinear optimization problem including special regularization terms. The precise formulation of the nonlinear objective functional will depend on the approaches of the direct problem. In this paper, the direct problem is reformulated by introducing an artificial boundary and the corresponding inverse problem will be analyzed. Some of the basic results are summarized without proofs. The latter are available in [3]. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A hybrid method for sound-hard obstacle reconstruction

We are interested in solving the inverse problem of acoustic wave scattering to reconstruct the position and the shape of sound-hard obstacles from a given incident field and the corresponding far field pattern of the scattered field. The method we suggest is an extension of the hybrid method for the reconstruction of sound-soft cracks as presented in [R. Kress, P. Serranho, A hybrid method for two-dimensional crack reconstruction, Inverse Problems 21 (2005) 773–784] to the case of sound-hard obstacles. The designation of the method is justified by the fact that it can be interpreted as a hybrid between a regularized Newton method applied to a nonlinear operator equation with the operator that maps the unknown boundary onto the solution of the direct scattering problem and a decomposition method in the spirit of the potential method as described in [A. Kirsch, R. Kress, On an integral equation of the first kind in inverse acoustic scattering, in: Cannon, Hornung (Eds.), Inverse Problems, ISNM, vol. 77, 1986, pp. 93–102. Since the method does not require a forward solver for each Newton step its computational costs are reduced. By some numerical examples we illustrate the feasibility of the method.     

非均匀介质中声波的远场分布的性质

本文运用泛函分析和积分方程的方法,讨论了非均匀介质中声波的远场分布的性质,并应用Тихонов正则化方法讨论了不适定的逆散射问题.     

INVERSE SCATTERING BY AN INHOMOGENEOUS PENETRABLE OBSTACLE IN A PIECEWISE HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM

This paper is concerned with the inverse problem of scattering of time-harmonic acoustic waves by an inhomogeneous penetrable obstacle in a piecewise homogeneous medium. The well-posedness of the direct problem is first established by using the integral equation method. We then proceed to establish two tools that play important roles for the inverse problem: one is a mixed reciprocity relation and the other is a priori estimates of the solution on some part of the interfaces between the layered media. For the inverse problem, we prove in this paper that both the penetrable interfaces and the possible inside inhomogeneity can be uniquely determined from a knowledge of the far field pattern for incident plane waves.     

Inverse scattering by an inhomogeneous penetrable obstacle in a piecewise homogeneous medium

This paper is concerned with the inverse problem of scattering of time-harmonic acoustic waves by an inhomogeneous penetrable obstacle in a piecewise homogeneous medium. The well-posedness of the direct problem is first established by using the integral equation method. We then proceed to establish two tools that play important roles for the inverse problem: one is a mixed reciprocity relation and the other is a priori estimates of the solution on some part of the interfaces between the layered media. For the inverse problem, we prove in this paper that both the penetrable interfaces and the possible inside inhomogeneity can be uniquely determined from a knowledge of the far field pattern for incident plane waves.     

The numerical solution of an inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves

In a previous paper, the authors presented a dual space methodfor the numerical solution of the two-dimensional inverse scatteringproblem for acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous medium. Here,by making major modifications to the dual space method, a dramaticimprovement in the numerical performance of this method is achievedfor solving the inverse scattering problem.     

反演声波阻尼系数的一个逼近方法

１．引言 考虑在均匀介质中传播的声波,此声波碰到障碍Ｄ发生散射．设 Ｄ Ｒ~３为一单连通区域, Ｄ∈ Ｃ~2．设入射波为平面波ｕ~i（ｘ）＝ ｅｘｐ［ｉｋｘ·α］．其中 ｋ＞ ０为波数, ａ为入射角．记总体场ｕ＝ｕｉ十ｕｓ,ｕｓ满足阻尼边界条件．正散射问题归结为求满足其中。表示单位外法向,称为阻尼系数,（１．３）称为 Ｓｏｍｍｅｒｆｅｌｄ辐射条件．将满足辐射条件的Ｈｅｌｍｈｏｌｔｚ方程的解称为辐射解．散射波ｕｓ具有渐近性质［１］上式在所有方向一致成立．我们称为散射波ｕｓ的远场模式（ｆａｒ ｆｉｌｅｄｐａｔｔｅｒ…     

A modification of the factorization method for scatterers with different physical properties

We study an inverse acoustic scattering problem by the factorization method when the unknown scatterer consists of two objects with different physical properties. Especially, we consider the following two cases: One is the case when each object has the different boundary condition, and the other one is when different penetrability. Our idea here is to modify the far‐field operator depending on the cases to avoid unnecessary a priori assumptions.     

利用远场模式反演声波阻尼系数

1．引言声波反散射理论在二十世纪的数学物理领域占有重要的地位,在这方面已有大量的研究工作,而对声波反散射理论的研究,大量的研究才是近十多年的事＞51．由于声波反散射理论在雷达、声纳及地球物理勘探等领域的迫切需要,对反散射理论及计算方法的研究有着广泛的应用前景．本文研究时间调和声波的反散射问题,利用散射波的远场模式（farfieldPattern）反演边界条件中的阻尼系数．考虑在均匀介质中传播的声波,此声波碰到一个无限长的柱体．设柱体的截面DCRZ,母线平行于。轴,设人射波为平面波。如）二exphkx·叫,其中k为波数,a为…     

反演声波阻尼系数的另一种方法

提出了一种方法,利用正则化方法和积分方程,由散射波的近场数据反演时间调和声波阻尼系数.给出了该方法收敛性的证明及数值例子,算法与数值例子表明这种方法不仅简单而且很有效.     

海洋波导中三维可穿透目标的快速声学成像

研究了用声传播远场分布信息来成像海洋波导环境中三维可穿透目标的反问题.建立了求解这类反问题的远场方程,基于内透射边界值问题的分析,讨论了远场方程解的唯一性和可解性,证明了总能找到远场方程的一个在最小平方意义下的近似解,其模在可穿透目标内部的取值是小的,而在外部的取值是大的,进而发展了一种快速成像可穿透目标的一种指示器样本方法.数值试验表明了这种方法是有效的,即使在有限孔径测量方式的情况,也能够得到未知目标的一个理想成像,而且不需要先验知道可穿透目标的任何几何与物理信息.     

利用远场模式的完全与不完全数据反演声波阻尼区域

提出一种方法,利用远场模式的完全数据与不完全数据反演声波阻尼区域,证明了方法的收敛性,并给出若干数值例子.     

基于遗传算法重建多个散射体的组合Newton法

本文研究由单个入射声波或电磁波及其远场数据反演多个柔性散射体边界的逆散射问题.通过建立边界到边界总场的非线性算子及其n6chet导数,本文首先给出了基于单层位势的组合Newton法.将组合Newton法转化为泛响优化问题,从而获得了该方法重建单个散射体的收敛性分析.然后,基于遗传算法和正则化参数选取的模型函数方法,给出...     

声波阻尼系数的反演方法

1引言 声波反散射理论在雷达、声纳及地球物理勘探等领域有着广泛的应用前景,因此反散射理论及计算方法的研究获得了国内外众多专家学者的重视,对其大量研究见[1-5].文[5]中采用单层位势对散射波进行逼近,由给定的散射波的远场模式来反演阻尼系数.     

Reconstruction of a penetrable cavity and the external obstacle

The inverse acoustic scattering of point sources by a penetrable cavity and the external obstacle is considered. Making use of the internal measurements of scattered field on a closed curve inside the cavity, we first derive a factorization method which provides a rigorous characterization of the support of the cavity without knowing the external object. Then under the condition of the cavity is known in advance, we show that the linear sampling method can be applied to recover the outside obstacle with the help of some Green function.     

A Numerical Way of Determining the Boundaries of a System of Bodies in a Three-Dimensional Medium by Means of Integral Equations

The propagation of acoustic waves in a three-dimensional medium with several local inhomogeneities of different shapes is analyzed. Solving the inverse problem of determining boundaries of local inhomogeneities from measurements of a field in a bounded receivers location domain is reduced to a system of integral equations. An iteration approach to solving the inverse problem is proposed, and the results from numerical experiments are presented.     

An approximation problem in inverse scattering theory

In [3] a new method was introduced for solving the inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous medium. This method is based on the solution of a new class of boundary value problems for the reduced wave equation called interior transmission problems. In this paper it is shown that if there is absorption there exists at most one solution to the interior transmission problem and an approximate solution can be found such that the metaharmonic part is a Herglotz wave function. These results provide the necessary theoretical basis for the inverse scattering method introduced in [3]