A NUMERICAL-SOLUTION FOR THE INVERSE NATURAL-CONVECTION PROBLEM

A solution algorithm, based oil the sequential function specification method, is presented for the inverse natural-convection problem. Sensi tivity coefficients are computed from all explicit difference equation for temperature. Results are presented for a square cavity with a tim e-varying uniform heat flux on one face at various Rayleigh numbers. I f is found that the stability of the method is improved by using multi ple future temperatures, but remains sensitive to the location of the sensors, particularly when convection is strong.