A transient three-dimensional thermal model for laser heat treatment of finite size workpieces

Journal of Materials Processing and Manufacturing Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 283-293

  Rana, Jaydev ^a,c   Mishra, P K ^a   Prasad, B V S S S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c C S E Deptt   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTIONS; LASER HEAT TREATMENT PROCESSES; TRANSIENT THREE DIMENSIONAL THERMAL MODELS;

HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 0031108343     PISSN: 10620656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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