Three-dimensional electron-kinetic theory approach for laser heating: Moving heat source consideration

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 439-462

  Sami, M ^a   Yilbas, B S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Kinetic theory; Laser heating

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LASER ABLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRON KINETIC THEORY;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 0032139258     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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