Inverse heat transfer method (IHTM) is typically
used for predicting the temperature, heat flux, and
other physical properties of a thermal system. In
recent years, it has been applied to treat the
problems of shape identification, shape design, and
identification of geometric and physical variables
simultaneously. In this volume, the conjugate
gradient method (CGM) is extended and applied, while
a simplified variation of CGM that overcomes the
limitations in the definition of objective function
form of CGM is presented. Combining these
developments, a novel IHTM is proposed, which...