The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the inverse heat transfer method in application to the shape identification problem. The approach is constructed by combining the curvilinear grid generation scheme, the direct problem solver, the conjugate gradient optimization method, and the redistribution method. A number of practical cases are considered, in which shape identification for an inner void within a solid body based on the data of the outer surface temperature of the solid body is performed. These cases are divided into five kinds of geometrical configurations. Results show that the profile of the inner void can be identified by using the inverse heat transfer approach, and the accuracy of the shape identification is dependent on the uncertainty of the outer surface temperature data, the Biot number, size of the inner void, and the geometrical configuration as well.
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Shape Identification by Inverse Heat Transfer Method
Chin-Hsiang Cheng,
e-mail: cheng@ttu.edu.tw
Chin-Hsiang Cheng
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University, 40 Chungshan N. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan 10451, R.O.C.
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Mei-Hsia Chang
Mei-Hsia Chang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University, 40 Chungshan N. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan 10451, R.O.C.
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Chin-Hsiang Cheng
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University, 40 Chungshan N. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan 10451, R.O.C.
e-mail: cheng@ttu.edu.tw
Mei-Hsia Chang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University, 40 Chungshan N. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei, Taiwan 10451, R.O.C.
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received by the Heat Transfer Division September 4, 2001; revision received November 1, 2002. Associate Editor: G. S. Dulikravich.
J. Heat Transfer. Apr 2003, 125(2): 224-231 (8 pages)
Published Online: March 21, 2003
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Received:
September 4, 2001
Revised:
November 1, 2002
Online:
March 21, 2003
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Cheng, C., and Chang, M. (March 21, 2003). "Shape Identification by Inverse Heat Transfer Method ." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. April 2003; 125(2): 224–231. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1560152
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