2nd Edition

Inverse Engineering Handbook

Edited By Keith A. Woodbury Copyright 2026
695 Pages 287 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

695 Pages 287 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Inverse Engineering Handbook, Second Edition , is a comprehensive resource that details methods of determining a “cause” from an observed “effect,” allowing readers to understand, implement, and benefit from a variety of problem-solving techniques. Leading experts in inverse problems have joined to produce a new edition of Inverse Engineering Handbook . Along with the revision of the existing... Read more

Contents

Dedication

Preface

About the Editor

Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1:  Inverse Problems and Parameter Estimation: Integration of Measurements and Analysis

James V. Beck and  Keith A. Woodbury

Chapter 2:  Matrix Analysis for Parameter Estimation

James V. Beck and Kenneth J. Arnold

Chapter 3:  Sequential Function Specification Method

Forooza Samadi

Chapter 4:  Tikhonov Regularization and Optimal Regularization

Keith A. Woodbury

Chapter 5:  Filter Coefficients Approach for Solving Inverse Heat Conduction Problems

Hamidreza Najafi

Chapter 6:  Adjoint Method Primer

Yvon Jarny

Chapter 7:  The Iterative Regularization Technique Based on the Conjugate Gradient Method with Adjoint Problem Formulation

Yvon Jarny and Helcio R. B. Orlande

Chapter 8:  The Effect of Correlations and Uncertain Parameters on the Efficiency of Estimating and the Precision of Estimated Parameters

Ashley F. Emery

Chapter 9:  Estimation of Parameters or Functions After Analysis of Experimental Uncertainties

Philippe Le Masson, Morgan Dal, and Thomas Pierre

Chapter 10:  Statistical Inference and Bayesian Analysis

Kyle Daun

Chapter 11:  Machine Learning and AI for Inverse Problems

Shima Hajimirza

Chapter 12:  Mollification and space marching

Diego A. Murio

Chapter 13:  Inverse Heat Conduction Using Monte Carlo Method

A. Haji-Sheikh

Chapter 14:  Optimal Experiment Design to Solve Inverse Heat Transfer Problems

Aleksey V. Nenarokomov

 

 

 

Biography

Keith A. Woodbury is Professor Emeritus in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama, USA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama and earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1984. From 1984 to 1988, Dr. Woodbury conducted research for Reynolds Aluminum in the Metallurgical Research Division, focusing primarily on thermal challenges in ingot production and hot rolling operations. He joined the faculty at the University of Alabama in 1988 and retired from active faculty after 33 years in 2021. He is a Fellow of the ASME and served as associate editor of Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering. Dr. Woodbury authored over 100 articles and 2 books, contributed 14 book chapters, and organized or co-organized countless sessions, symposia, and international conferences on inverse problems since 1990.