Laser Pulse Heating of Surfaces and Thermal Stress Analysis

PREFACE.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- INTRODUCTION.- EQUILIBRIUM LASER PULSE HEATING AND THERMAL STRESS ANALYSIS.- INTRODUCTION.- STEP INPUT LASER PULSE HEATING.- STRESS FREE BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE.- STRESS CONTINUITY BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE.- TIME EXPONENTIALLY VARYING LASER PULSE HEATING.- STRESS FREE BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE.- STRESS FREE BOUNDARY AND CONVECTION AT THE SURFACE.- STRESS BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE.- ENTROPY ANALYSIS DUE TO THERMAL STRESS FIELD.- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.- STEP INPUT PULSE HEATING.- TIME EXPONENTIALLY VARYING LASER PULSE HEATING.- ENTROPY ANALYSIS DUE TO THERMAL STRESS FIELD.- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION OF CATTANEO AND THERMAL STRESS EQUATIONS.- INTRODUCTION.- SURFACE HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- STEP INPUT PULSE HEATING.- EXPONENTIAL PULSE HEATING.- VOLUMETRIC SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- STEP INPUT PULSE HEATING.- EXPONENTIAL PULSE HEATING.- ENTROPY ANALYSIS.- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION.- SURFACE HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- VOLUMETRIC HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- ENTROPY GENERATION RATE.- ANALYTICAL TREATMENT OF HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS FOR STRESS ANALYSIS.- INTRODUCTION.- FORMULATION OF ENERGY TRANSPORT IN METALLIC SUBSTRATES AT MICROSCOPIC LEVEL.- THERMAL STRESS FIELD: CONSIDERATION OF SURFACE AND VOLUMETRIC SOURCES.- SURFACE HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- VOLUMETRIC HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- THERMAL STRESS FIELD: TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONSIDERATION.- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.- SURFACE HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- VOLUMETRIC HEAT SOURCE CONSIDERATION.- TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS.- CONCLUDING REMARKS.- EQUILIBRIUM HEATING.- CATTANEO HEATING MODEL AND THERMAL STRESSES.- NON-EQUILIBRIUM HEATING.