Stable determination of the Winkler subgrade coefficient in a nanoplate

Abstract

We study the inverse problem of determining the Winkler coefficient in a nanoplate resting on an elastic foundation and clamped at the boundary. The nanoplate is described within a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory for isotropic materials, under the Kirchhoff-Love kinematic assumptions in infinitesimal deformation. We prove a global H\"older stability estimate of the subgrade coefficient by performing a single interior measurement of the transverse deflection of the nanoplate induced by a load concentrated at one point.