Analytical solution of transient heat conduction in a two-layer anisotropic cylindrical slab excited superficially by a short laser pulse

This paper presents an exact analytical solution of 2D transient temperature, caused by a non-periodical pulse heating of a cylindrical two-layer slab. The corresponding partial differential equations are solved step-by-step, using the separation of variables technique. Analytical/computational procedure for eigenvalue derivation is considered separately. General initial assumptions, such as existence of thermal contact resistance, thermal conduction and diffusion anisotropy, radiative heat losses, non-uniform heating, and finite absorption depth are accounted in the solution. Numerical simulations of temperature distribution throughout the sample are given at the end of the paper.