The inverse problem of estimating surface temperatures and fluxes from simulated transient temperature measured within a semitransparent slab is studied. A space-marching technique, whose performance is already known for the solution of the inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP), is adapted to solve an inverse heat conduction-radiation problem (IHCRP). An iterative algorithm is proposed. Different values of the conduction-to-radiation parameter are considered in order to show, with benchmark test cases, the effects of the radiative heat transfer mode on the performance of the inverse method.

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