Cauchy Type Nonlinear Inverse Problem in a Two-Layer Cylindrical Area

Abstract

Various types of protective coatings, such as ceramics, are used to increase the efficiency of metal parts that are exposed to high heat loads. Maintaining mechanical properties and acceptable thermal stresses requires temperature control for components such as turbine blades, gun barrels or combustion chambers. This paper presents a new method for controlling thermal parameters by solving a non-stationary Cauchy problem for the heat conduction equation. The solution is presented in a cylindrical two-layer area considering the variation of the thermophysical parameters of the metal and ceramic. The non-linear equation was solved by successive approximation method using differential quotients for the space and time variable. In order to regularize the ill-conditioned inverse problem, a quasi-regularization method was applied by performing an energy balance for the ceramic. Numerical calculations were carried out for different thicknesses of the ceramic layer. The temperature, heat flux density and heat transfer coefficient for the protective layer were calculated. For the same values of the heat transfer coefficient for 0.1 and 0.3 mm thick protective layers, the difference in permissible gas temperature differs by 10.5 °C.