MECHANICAL AND THERMAL EFFECTS IN A STEEL PLATE IMPACTED BY A FOCUSED LASER PULSE

A short laser pulse from a 1 J ruby laser is focused at a steel plate. The effect will be that the material surface at the impact point becomes very rapidly heated. Metal vapour leaves the surface at a very high velocity. That is, both a mechanical impulse and local thermal energy are transferred to...

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Published in:Nondestructive testing and evaluation 1997-08, Vol.13 (5), p.293-307
Main Authors: FÄLLSTRÖM, K. E., MOLIN, N. E., OLOFSSON, K., SCHEDIN, S., WÅHLIN, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bending waves
Experimental Mechanics
Experimentell mekanik
holographic interferometry
impact phenomena
Laser generated impulse in plates
NDT
sound waves
thermal deformation
transients
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Summary:A short laser pulse from a 1 J ruby laser is focused at a steel plate. The effect will be that the material surface at the impact point becomes very rapidly heated. Metal vapour leaves the surface at a very high velocity. That is, both a mechanical impulse and local thermal energy are transferred to the plate. The mechanical impulse creates propagating bending waves in the plate, which in turn creates transient sound waves in the surrounding air. The heated spot at the plate surface creates thermal stresses in the plate which g\ve rise to an out-of-plane deformation of the plate. This deformation is added up to the propagating bending waves. These effects are studied in experiments using pulsed holographic interferometry.
ISSN:1058-9759
1477-2671
1477-2671
DOI:10.1080/10589759708953035