Rama Lesmana. Finite Integration Method for a Time-Dependent Heat Source Identification of Inverse Problem. Master's Degree(Applied Mathematics). Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus. Office of Academic Resources. : Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, 2017.
Finite Integration Method for a Time-Dependent Heat Source Identification of Inverse Problem
Abstract:
This study investigates an inverse problem of reconstructing a time wise- dependent source function for the heat equation. The solution of the problem is uniquely solvable, yet unstable. The problem of finding the temperature when the heat source function is given, is called forward problem (or direct problem), whereas when the heat source function is unknown then the problem of two unknowns becomes to be called the inverse problem. In this study the inverse source problem is reformulated to be a new direct problem, meaning that the problem for two unknowns is transformed to be the problem for only one unknown. The proposed algorithm is not only easy to be used but also can give an accurate and stable solution. We propose that two kinds of the finite integration method combined with the backward finite difference method can be used to solve the reformulated heat equation. Furthermore, we also carried out the finite difference method for solving the inverse problem, this is in order to test the efficiency of the proposed method. Since the solution is unstable, the instability is overcome by employing the Tikhonov regularization method which is the method for stabilizing the problem. Numerical examples are presented and discussed to verify the accuracy of the proposed computational method.