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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 72, 2017 - Issue 3
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Recovering both the space-dependent heat source and the initial temperature by using a fast convergent iterative method

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Pages 233-249 | Received 05 May 2017, Accepted 07 Aug 2017, Published online: 25 Sep 2017
 

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we solve two types of inverse heat source problems: one recovers an unknown space-dependent heat source without using initial value, and another recovers both the unknown space-dependent heat source and the initial value. Upon inserting the adjoint Trefftz test functions into Green’s second identity, we can retrieve the unknown space-dependent heat source by an expansion method whose expansion coefficients are derived in closed form. We assess the stability of the closed-form expansion coefficients method by using the condition numbers of coefficients matrices. Then, numerical examples are performed, which demonstrates that the closed-form expansion coefficient method is effective and stable even when it imposes a large noise on the final time data. Next, we develop a coupled iterative scheme to recover the unknown heat source and initial value simultaneously, under two over specified temperature data at two different times. A simple regularization technique is derived to overcome the highly ill-posed behavior of the second inverse problem, of which the convergence rate and stability are examined. This results in quite accurate numerical results against large noise.

Nomenclature

aj=

expansion coefficients in Eq. (11)

A=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

bj=

expansion coefficients in Eq. (33)

B=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

C=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

Dj=

coefficients in Eq. (38)

Ej=

coefficients in Eq. (16)

e(H)=

relative root mean square error

f(x)=

initial value of u

Fj=

coefficients in Eq. (15)

F(t)=

time-dependent heat source

g(x)=

final value of u

Gj=

coefficients in Eq. (36)

h(x)=

extra temperature at t = t0

H(x)=

space-dependent heat source

=

heat operator

*=

adjoint heat operator

=

length of space

m=

the highest order of expansion series

n=

the number of unknown coefficients

R(i)=

random noise

S(x, t)=

heat source

s=

relative noise level

t=

time

tf=

final time

t0=

a measured time

u(x, t)=

temperature

u0(t)=

left-boundary value of u

u(t)=

right-boundary value of u

vj(x, t)=

adjoint Trefftz test function

wj(x, t)=

another adjoint Trefftz test function

x=

space variable

α=

heat conduction coefficient

β=

regularization factor

δjk=

Kronecker delta symbol

Ω=

a bounded region

Γ=

the boundary of Ω

Subscripts and superscripts=
i=

index

j=

index

k=

index

Nomenclature

aj=

expansion coefficients in Eq. (11)

A=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

bj=

expansion coefficients in Eq. (33)

B=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

C=

matrix defined in Eq. (19)

Dj=

coefficients in Eq. (38)

Ej=

coefficients in Eq. (16)

e(H)=

relative root mean square error

f(x)=

initial value of u

Fj=

coefficients in Eq. (15)

F(t)=

time-dependent heat source

g(x)=

final value of u

Gj=

coefficients in Eq. (36)

h(x)=

extra temperature at t = t0

H(x)=

space-dependent heat source

=

heat operator

*=

adjoint heat operator

=

length of space

m=

the highest order of expansion series

n=

the number of unknown coefficients

R(i)=

random noise

S(x, t)=

heat source

s=

relative noise level

t=

time

tf=

final time

t0=

a measured time

u(x, t)=

temperature

u0(t)=

left-boundary value of u

u(t)=

right-boundary value of u

vj(x, t)=

adjoint Trefftz test function

wj(x, t)=

another adjoint Trefftz test function

x=

space variable

α=

heat conduction coefficient

β=

regularization factor

δjk=

Kronecker delta symbol

Ω=

a bounded region

Γ=

the boundary of Ω

Subscripts and superscripts=
i=

index

j=

index

k=

index

Acknowledgments

The Thousand Talents Plan of China under the Grant Number A1211010 for the financial support to the first author is highly appreciated. Chein-Shan Liu to be a Chair Professor of National Taiwan Ocean University is acknowledged.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Thousand Talents Plan of China [Grant number: A1211010].

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