Estimation of relaxation and thermalization times in microscale heat transfer model

The energy equation corresponding to the dual phase lag model (DPLM) results from the generalized form of the Fourier law, in which the two ‘delay times’ (relaxation and thermalization time) are introduced. The DPLM should be used in the case of microscale heat transfer analysis, in particular when thermal processes are characterized by extremely short duration (e.g. ultrafast laser pulse), considerable temperature gradients and very small dimensions (e.g. thin metal film). In this paper, the problem of relaxation and thermalization time identification is discussed, at the same time the heat transfer processes proceeding in the domain of a thin metal film subjected to a laser beam are analyzed. The solution presented bases on the application of evolutionary algorithms. The additional information concerning the transient temperature distribution on a metal film surface is assumed to be known. At the stage of numerical realization, the finite difference method (FDM) is used. In the final part of the paper, an example of computations is presented.