This book introduces the fundamental concepts of inverse heat transfer problems. It presents
in detail the basic steps of four techniques of inverse heat transfer protocol, as a parameter …

In this paper, we estimate a heat source in a longitudinal section during an electron beam
welding. The aim of this work is the parameter identification of the Gaussian source term …

This work introduces the sequential quasi-Newton method (SQNM) to solve the inverse
design problem of estimating the transient boundary heat fluxes that produce desired …

This work studies the inverse problem of reconstructing a time-dependent heat source in the
heat conduction equation using the temperature measurement specified at an internal point …

An experimental apparatus and a numerical method are presented to study the
determination of both the location and the time-varying strength of point heat sources within …

Thermal metamaterials, known for their effective and directional heat control and
management strategy, have garnered significant attention leading to the investigation of …

Thermal cloaks can thermally hide an object without disturbing background thermal field.
The coordinate transformation method for designing conventional thermal cloaks face some …

An efficient method based on the Karhunen–Loève Galerkin procedure is proposed for the
solution of inverse problem of estimating the time-varying strength of a heat source in a two …

The radial and circumferential (azimuthal) transient dependence of the strength of a
volumetric heat source in a cylindrical rod is estimated with Alifanov's iterative regularization …

Boiling in microchannels is a very efficient mode of heat transfer since high heat and mass
transfer coefficients are achieved. Here, the objective is to provide basic knowledge on the …