Data-measuring device to determine the thermophysical properties of polymer composites: information support part

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of developing an information support subsystem of the data-measuring device for determining the thermophysical properties of polymer composites during cure, designed to identify the parameters of a mathematical model necessary to optimize the curing process of composites. Methods and algorithms for processing experimental data and calculating the thermophysical properties of polymer composites, based on an integral representation of the solution of the inverse heat conduction problem and a Kalman filter, has been developed. The structure of the construction, content, goals, parameters and functionality of the basic modules of the data-measuring device application software are presented. A subsystem of informational decision-making support has been developed for choosing the optimal method and algorithm for calculating the thermophysical properties of polymer composites, which allows minimization of the errors in determining properties under given experimental conditions. The subsystem is built on the alternative use of four algorithms for calculating thermophysical properties and is included as a module into the application software of an intelligent data-measuring device for studying the process of curing polymer composites.