A scaling analysis of momentum and heat transport in laser surface melting

Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-75

  Sarkar, S ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a,b   Dutta, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Laser surface melting; Marangoni convection; Momentum and heat transfer; Scale analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003237860     PISSN: 08981507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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