THE METHOD OF FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS FOR AN INVERSE INTERNAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR THE BIHARMONIC EQUATION

Abstract

In this paper, an inverse internal boundary value problem associated to the biharmonic equation is considered. The problem consists of determining unknown boundary conditions from extra interior measurements. The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is used to discretize the problem and the resulting ill-conditioned system of linear equations is solved using the Tikhonov regularization technique. It is shown that, unlike the least-squares method, the MFS-regularization numerical technique produces stable and accurate numerical solutions for an appropriate choice of the regularization parameter given by the L-curve criterion.