Abstract: The effect of transformation hardening depends upon both heating and cooling rates. It is desirable to have a slow heating rate and a rapid cooling rate to achieve full transformation. To ...

Abstract: Laser forming is a spring-back-free noncontact forming method that has received considerable attention in recent years. Compared to mechanical bending, no hard tooling, dies, or external force ...

Abstract: In laser cleaving of brittle materials using the controlled fracture technique, thermal stresses are used to induce a single crack and the material is separated along the cutting path by ...