Semi-analytic approximation of the temperature field resulting from moving heat loads

D.W.M. Veldman (Corresponding Author), R.H.B. Fey, H.J. Zwart, M.M.J. van de Wal, J.D.B.J. van den Boom, H. Nijmeijer

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    Abstract

    Moving heat load problems appear in many manufacturing processes, such as lithography, welding, grinding, and additive manufacturing. The simulation of moving heat load problems by the finite-element method poses several numerical challenges, which may lead to time consuming computations. In this paper, we propose a 2D semi-analytic model in which the problem in two spatial dimensions is decoupled into three problems in one spatial dimension. This decoupling significantly reduces the computational time, but also introduces an additional error. The method is applied to a wafer heating example, in which the computational time is reduced by a factor 10 at the cost of a 4% error in the temperature field.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)128-137
    Number of pages10
    JournalInternational journal of heat and mass transfer
    Volume122
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2018

    Keywords

    • UT-Hybrid-D
    • Moving heat source
    • Wafer heating
    • Finite elements

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