Tailored Light 2 Laser Application Technology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Poprawe, Reinhart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: RWTHedition,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanical engineering.; Industrial engineering.; Materials science.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Engineering, general.; Mechanical Engineering.

The present book covers the application technology of lasers, focusing more on the vast range of processes than on individual applications, in order to motivate and enable future innovations. The physical basics are presented in the first half of the book. The following examination of application ca...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Radiation at interfaces
• Absorption of Laser Radiation
• Energy Transport and Heat Conduction
• Thermo Mechanics
• Phase Transformations
• Melt Flow
• Laser Induced Vaporization
• Plasma Physics
• Laser Beam Sources
• Surface Treatment
• Forming
• Rapid Prototyping & Rapid Tooling
• Joining
• Ablation
• Drilling
• Cutting
• System Technology
• Laser Measurement Technology
• Appendix
• Subject index.