Abstract: A theoretical investigation of dynamic stability for linear elastic structures due to non-uniform, time and space-dependent stochastic temperature fields is presented. The study is based on the ...

Abstract: The thermal stress field in an elastic half-space due to a single pulse from a laser is derived for the general case of a mixed-mode structure beam. The mode structure models the output ...

Abstract: Thermal Stresses V, edited by R. B. Hetnarski. Lastran Corporation, Rochester, NY, 1999. 542 pages. Price: 135.00. REVIEWED BY D. H. ALLEN....

Abstract: The character and magnitude of traveling discontinuities in one-dimensional coupled transient thermoelastic problems are studied. For this purpose, 16 different fundamental problems are considered ...

Abstract: Pulsed lasers are used in a variety of materials processing applications that range from heating for metallurgical transformation to scribing vehicle identification numbers on anodized aluminum ...