Semianalytical Solution of Transient Heat Transfer for Laminated Structures under Time-Varying Boundary Conditions

Abstract

In order to solve the transient heat transfer problem of the laminated structure, a semianalytical method based on calculus is adopted. First, the time domain is divided into tiny time segments; the analytical solution of transient heat transfer of laminated structures in the segments is derived by using the method of separation of variables. Then, the semianalytical solution of transient heat transfer in the whole time domain is obtained by circulation. The transient heat transfer of the three-layer structure is analyzed by the semianalytical solution. Three time-varying boundary conditions (a: square wave, b: triangular wave, and c: sinusoidal wave) are applied to the surface of the laminated structure. The influence of some key parameters on the temperature field of the laminated structure is analyzed. It is found that the surface temperature of the laminated structure increases fastest when heated by square wave, and the maximum temperature can reach at 377°C, the temperature rises the most slowly when heated by the triangular wave, and the maximum temperature is 347°C. The novelty of this work is that the analytical method is used to analyze the nonlinear heat transfer problem, which is different from the general numerical method, and this method can be applied to solve the heat transfer problem of general laminated structures.