Title :
Thermocapillary effects in CO2 laser cutting of metals
Author :
Dubrov, A.V. ; Dubrov, V.D. ; Zavalov, Y.N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. on Laser & Inf. Technol., Shatura, Russia
Abstract :
The measurements of local pulsations of brightness temperature T of melt radiance along the front of the cut of metal sheet by CO2 laser are carried out. Both spectrum regions of hydrodynamic and capillary turbulence of temperature fluctuations are shown with experimental estimation of threshold of thermocapillary effect of absorption as 1 MW/cm2.
Keywords :
brightness; gas lasers; laser beam cutting; turbulence; CO2; brightness temperature; capillary turbulence; hydrodynamic turbulence; laser cutting; local pulsations; melt radiance; metal sheet; spectrum regions; temperature fluctuations; thermocapillary effects; Indium tin oxide; Metals; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical device fabrication; Optical surface waves; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling (LFNM), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-811-2
DOI :
10.1109/LFNM.2011.6144968