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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 58, 2010 - Issue 10
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Solution of an Inverse Heat Conduction Problem in a Bi-Layered Spherical Tissue

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Pages 802-818 | Received 10 Feb 2010, Accepted 07 Aug 2010, Published online: 19 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

This work attempts to estimate the phase lag times of a tissue based on the dual-phase-lag model from the experimental data. The inverse dual-phase-lag bioheat transfer problem in the bilayered spherical tissue is studied. The difference between two layers in the thermophysical parameters, geometry effects, and measurement errors of the input data make it hard to be solved. To solve the present problem, a hybrid scheme based on the Laplace transform, change of variables, and the least-squares scheme is proposed. In order to evidence the validity and accuracy of the estimated results, the comparison of the history of temperature increase between the calculated results and the experimental data is made for various measurement locations. The effect of measurement location on the estimated results is also investigated.

Support for this work by the National Science Counsel under grant no. NSC 97-2212-E-269-023 is gratefully acknowledged.

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