In this paper, optical infrared thermography simulation using thermal wave imaging technique is performed to analyze the thermal characteristics of delamination defects. In this study, lock-in thermography(LIT) and pulsed thermography(PT) simulation was performed to analyze the samples of european traditional tiles with delamination defects, and the analytical modeler was developed through the ANSYS 19.2 transient thermal analysis tool. Applied sinusoidal heating with modulation frequency according to pulse heating and phase locking technique. The thermal response of the sample surface by heating was recorded and then data analysis was performed. The temperature gradient characteristics of each technique were compared, and phase angle was calculated for the LIT to analyze the parameters for the experiment setting. The simulation model was developed as a useful data for practical optical infrared thermography tests.