Semi-analytic Solution of Steady Temperature Fields During Thin Plate Welding

摘要

Usually, it is very difficult to find out an analytical solution to thermal conduction problems during high temperature welding. Therefore, as an important numerical approach, the method of lines (MOLs) is introduced to solve the temperature field characterized by high gradients. The basic idea of the method is to semi-discretize the governing equation of the problem into a system of ordinary dif-ferential equations (ODEs) defined on discrete lines by means of the finite difference method, by which the thermal boundary condition with high gradients are directly embodied in formulation. Thus the temperature field can be obtained by solving the ODEs. As a numeri-cal example, the variation of an axisymmetrical temperature field along the plate thickness can be obtained.