On reconstruction of thermalphysic characteristics of functionally graded hollow cylinder.

An inverse coefficient problem of thermal conductivity for a functionally graded hollow cylinder is considered. After applying the Laplace transform, the direct thermal conductivity problem is solved by using two methods: (1) based on a reduction to the Fredholm integral equation of the 2nd kind; (2) by means of the Galerkin method. A comparison of the direct problem solving techniques is provided. The nonlinear inverse problem is solved on the basis of an iterative process; at every step of the latter the linear Fredholm integral equation of the 1st kind is solved. Results of the computational experiments on a reconstruction of variation laws of thermal conductivity and specific volumetric heat capacity are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]