Solving two-dimensional transient inverse heat conduction problem with sequential function method

Based on the numerical simulation of two-dimensional transient heat conduction problem with the Finite Control Volume method (FCV), the Sequential Function Method (SFM) is developed to solve the two- dimensional transient Inverse Heat Conduction Problem(IHCP). After applying the SFM to a typical problem, inversion of the transient boundary heat flux of a circular domain, it is shown that the SFM is a feasible and effective method to deal with the two-dimensional transient IHCP. Especially, when the measurement noise level is low, the inversion results are of high accuracy. And when the measurement noise level rises, the inversion results can also reproduce the trend of the exact solution in time- and space- domain with certain accuracy.