The meshless method for solving the inverse heat conduction problem with a source parameter

In this paper, the finite point method is used to obtain the solution of a one-d imensional inverse heat conduction problem with a source parameter, and the corr esponding discrete equations are obtained. Compared with the numerical methods b ased on mesh, the finite point method only needs the scattered nodes instead of meshing the domain of the problem. The finite point method is a meshless method in which the moving least-square approximation is used to form the meshless appr oximation functions. And the collocation method is used to discretize the govern ing partial differential equations. The finite point method has the advantages o f simpler numerical procedures, lower computation cost and arbitrary nodes. The result of a numerical example is presented to show the method is effective.