Continuing advances in computer technology have made it possible for engineers and
scientists to construct increasingly realistic models of physical processes. Practical Inverse …

This paper is concerned with the solution of some inverse elasticity problems of practical
significance to experimental mechanics. More specifically, the boundary tractions and …

A finite element method (FEM) is presented for calculating the surface tractions on a body
from internal measurements of displacement at discrete sensor locations. The solution …

The two‐dimensional inverse heat conduction problem is solved using the method of
dynamic programming. One problem involves determining two unknown heat flux histories …

The inverse dynamics problem is one in which measurements are made on some of the
state variables and it is desired to find the unknown forcing function. This paper describes …

Fourier and hyperbolic models of heat transfer on a fin that is subjected to a periodic
boundary condition are solved analytically. The differential equation in Fourier and non …

In the numerical simulation of casting solidification, the thermal behavior of the casting/mold
interface is characterized by the interfacial heat transfer coefficient,'h'. The determination of h …

The paper presents a solution to an inverse problem based on the analytical form of the
direct problem solution in the convolutional form. The analytical form T (r, t) is a surface that …

This paper presents a finite element algorithm for two-dimensional nonlinear inverse heat
conduction analysis. The proposed method is capable of handling both unknown surface …

In this paper, an iterative algorithm based on the conjugate gradient method (CGM) in
combination with the boundary element method (BEM) for obtaining stable approximate …