Accession Number:

AD0760113

Title:

Some Further Numerical Studies of Laser Induced Melting and Vaporization

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Torvik, Peter J.

Report Date:

1973-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

A method for predicting the melting through time for a metal sheet subjected to a continuous laser beam of Gaussian distribution of arbitrary size and peak intensity is given. The effect of completely retained and instantaneously removed melt layers on the melt through time are considered. It is shown that melt through time and the influence of retained melt are dependent on the value of a dimensionless variable representing power per unit thickness. The partial melting and vaporization of sheets by a large single pulse is also discussed and compared with experimental results.

Descriptors:

• *VAPORIZATION
• *HEAT TRANSFER
• *LASER APPLICATIONS
• COHERENT RADIATION
• ALUMINATES
• HEATING
• MELTING
• TITANIUM
• RADIATION EFFECTS
• STAINLESS STEEL
• DAMAGE
• MAGNESIUM
• ALUMINUM

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE