Three-Dimensional Temperature Distribution Produced by a Moving Laser Beam

Uyhan R.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
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  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1155/2013/649590
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Abstract

An axisymmetric laser beam, moving with constant speed, heats a thin infrared absorbing layer sandwiched between two plastic sheets. We use a simplified theoretical model to study the three-dimensional unsteady temperature field produced by the moving laser beam.