Inverse Heat Conduction Problem (IHCP) Applied to a High Pressure Gas Turbine Vane David Wasserman MEAE 6630 Conduction Heat Transfer Prof. Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete

Analyzing the entire geometry too difficult Simplify by analyzing as 1-Dimensional Transient Slab Problem *non-homogeneous boundary conditions *no heat generation *no coatings

Problem: Determine amount of heat flux necessary to keep vane below maximum operating temperature of superalloy to avoid microstructural damage Boundary Conditions and Initial Condition: Keep gaspath side fixed at maximum operating temperature, cool side subjected to heat flux Assume cool side is initially at maximum operating temperature before cooling air is turned on (not true but simplified analysis) Solution Method: Assumed constant thermal properties obtained as the average of properties at maximum operating temperature and steady state temperature Originally wanted to analyze as steady state problem but it was a limiting case and proved to be too complicated Changed to transient analysis -problem: did not have transient temperature measurements -assume: cool side starts at maximum operating temperature and drops linearly to the steady state temperature

Inverse problems are ill-posed in that the solution does not satisfy requirements of -existence -uniqueness -stability Use minimization of least squares norm to guarantee existence of solution After some computation and substitution we get the formal solution for IHCP Alpha* - regularization parameter : helps with stability X - matrix of sensitivity coefficients : change in temp wrt change in heat flux Y - vector of measured temperatures from sensor at x = 0 surface I - identity matrix q - estimated heat flux at the surface

In order to calculate sensitivity coefficients, need to solve auxiliary problem Nonhomogeneous auxiliary problem can be split into steady state problem and homogeneous problem Steady StateHomogeneous B.C.’s Solution

Results and Conclusions: Inverse problem solved using MATLAB program Heat Flux is decreasing with time ---> might be correct trend -Need large amount of flux at beginning, less at steady state Steady state value obtained from program does not agree with steady state hand calc Solved ex 5-3 to see if MATLAB program was correct--->Results were reassuring Heat flux vector depends on method used to calculate temperature vector Experiment with different “measured” temperature vectors Substitute heat fluxes back into direct problem to get resulting temperatures as a check Possibly try ANSYS