Determination of space‐dependent coefficients from temperature measurements using the conjugate gradient method

In this article, we consider coefficient identification problems in heat transfer concerned with the determination of the space‐dependent perfusion coefficient and/or thermal conductivity from interior temperature measurements using the conjugate gradient method (CGM). We establish the direct, sensitivity and adjoint problems and the iterative CGM algorithm which has to be stopped according to the discrepancy principle in order to reconstruct a stable solution for the inverse problem. The Sobolev gradient concept is introduced in the CGM iterative algorithm in order to improve the reconstructions. The numerical results illustrated for both exact and noisy data, in one‐ and two‐dimensions for single or double coefficient identifications show that the CGM is an efficient and stable method of inversion.