Computational Inverse Techniques in Nondestructive Evaluation

In the past 2 decades, inverse problems have been one of the most important focal areas of research in engineering. Advances in computational numerical methods and techniques in computer hardware and software in so-called soft computing have enabled inverse techniques to become a powerful tool for practical engineering problems. However, for many researchers and engineers, inverse analysis is still a distant topic because of a frightening and mysterious image of the difficulty of grasping and dealing with its concepts.