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Inverse heat conduction
Early publications on inverse heat conduction arose from determining surface heat flux during atmospheric re-entry from buried temperature sensors. Other applications where surface heat flux is needed but surface sensors are not practical include: inside reciprocating engines, inside rocket engines; and, testing of nuclear reactor components. A variety of numerical techniques have been developed to address the ill-posedness and sensitivity to measurement error caused by damping and lagging in the temperature signal.