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Thermophysical Properties Measurement and Identification

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The measurement of thermophysical properties is most often an indirect method, which requires the estimation of some parameters by comparing the experimental data with the mathematical modeling of the experimental bench. Moreover, the development of new materials and systems brings about the need of new methods designed for specific applications. This chapter aims at presenting some inverse methods that are of great interest for nowadays challenging problems related to the measurement of thermophysical properties. The basic concepts of inverse methods are presented, but emphasis is given to the solution of inverse problems within the Bayesian framework, in special, with the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Three illustrative examples of applications are presented, namely: (i) thermal characterization of highly orthotropic carbon fiber composite materials; (ii) thermal characterization of metallic nanofilms for nonvolatile phase change memory; and (iii) simultaneous estimation of spatially varying thermal diffusivity and heat flux.

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The support provided by CNRS (France), CNPq (Brazil), CAPES (Brazil), and FAPERJ (Brazil – State of Rio de Janeiro) is greatly appreciated.

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  1. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Helcio R. B. Orlande

  2. CNRS Office for Brazil and the South Cone, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Olivier Fudym

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  1. Armour College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Sumanta Acharya

  2. Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA

    Yaroslav Chudnovsky

  3. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Renato Machado Cotta

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Ram Devireddy

  5. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Vijay K. Dhir

  6. Cekmeköy Campus, Özyegin University, Çekmeköy - Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Pinar Mengüç

  7. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science + Engineering, University of Toronto, Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  9. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UFRJ Politécnica/COPPE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Orlande, H.R.B., Fudym, O. (2018). Thermophysical Properties Measurement and Identification. In: Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26695-4_5

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