Optimal Stability in the Identification of a Rigid Inclusion in an Isotropic Kirchhoff-Love Plate

In this paper we consider the inverse problem of determining a rigid inclusion inside a thin plate by applying a couple field at the boundary and by measuring the induced transversal displacement and its normal derivative at the boundary of the plate. The plate is made by non-homogeneous, linearly elastic, and isotropic material. Under suitable a priori regularity assumptions on the boundary of the inclusion, we prove a constructive stability estimate of log type. A key mathematical tool is a recently proved optimal three-spheres inequality at the boundary for solutions to the Kirchhoff--Love plate's equation.

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