A Bayesian approach for the simultaneous estimation of surface heat transfer coefficient and thermal conductivity from steady state experiments on fins

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 3060-3068

  Gnanasekaran, N ^a   Balaji, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Heat transfer coefficient; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Parameter estimation; Steady state experiments; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN METHODS; CORRELATED PARAMETERS; CRITICAL PARAMETER; EXTENDED SURFACES; GLASS WOOL; HEAT FLOWS; ILL-POSEDNESS; K-TYPE THERMOCOUPLES; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MILD STEEL; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMUM NUMBER; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TWO PARAMETER;

ALUMINUM; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CARBON STEEL; EXPERIMENTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; INFERENCE ENGINES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOCOUPLES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 79955476382     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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