How to draw a curve in cartesian coordinates in a semicircle tube in polar coordinates?

Question

I want to draw the curve made with euler() in the tube made with tube(). I guess I must go from cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates but I don't really the method. Can someone explain me please ?

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pylab as plt

def tube():
    theta = np.linspace(0, np.pi/2, 30)

    x = np.cos(theta)
    y = np.sin(theta)
    z = x*0.8
    w = y*0.8

    plt.plot(z,w)
    plt.plot(x,y)
    plt.axis("equal")
    plt.show()

print plt.figure(1);tube()

TUBE

def euler():
    A, B, a = 40, 10, 2

    t  = 10  # time
    dt = 1e-3 # interval

    nbpt = int(t/dt)

    n = 1
    s = 1. # sign of the derivative, initially chosen
    y = [0]*nbpt # result

    while n < nbpt:
        yp2 = B - A*y[n-1]**a
        if yp2 < 0:
            s = -s
            n -= 1 # recalculating the previous value
        else:
            y[n] = y[n-1] + dt*s*np.sqrt(yp2)
            n += 1

    plt.plot(np.linspace(0,t,nbpt),y)
    plt.show()

print plt.figure(2);euler()

CURVE