A NUMERICAL SOLUTION TO AN ABLATION PROBLEM WITH POSSIBLE LASER APPLICATIONS

Abstract

The problem of an ablating solid of limited extent under an applied non-uniform heat input is solved numerically, and the solution is compared in certain limiting cases with results from the exact analytical equations. Further, the usefulness of this model in predicting the depth of hole made in materials by a laser beam is explored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644734

Entities

People

  • James G. Faller

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transmission
  • Laser Applications
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Vaporization

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy