Abstract

This paper presents a multiple material-phase level-set approach for acoustic full-waveform inversion in the time domain. By using a single level set (LS) function, several level values are used to define virtual boundaries between material phases with different (and known) wave propagation velocities. The aim of the proposed approach is to provide a suitable framework to identify multiple/nested inclusions or a finite number of almost homogeneous sedimentary layers with sharp interfaces between them. The use of a single LS function provides a significant reduction in the number of variables to be identified, when compared with the usual multi-material phase approaches defined by multiple functions, especially for problems with a high number of degrees of freedom. Numerical experiments show satisfactory results in identifying simultaneously different interfaces. Cases with and without inverse crime are evaluated, showing that the approach is reasonably robust in dealing with such a condition.

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