Influence of layers on flexural motion of a multilayer assembly due to the laser ablation process

Abstract

Laser-induced evaporation results in recoil pressure at the vapour-liquid interface, which in turn gives rise to flexural wave generation in the substrate material due to impact pressure loading at the interface. In the present study, recoil pressure due to laser non-conduction limited heating is formulated and because of pressure loading at the vapour-liquid interface the flexural motion of the substrate material is modelled. A multilayer cantilever arrangement of the workpiece, consisting of layers of steel and Inconel alloy, is considered. In order to investigate the influence of the number of layers on the resulting flexural motion and stress fields, four cases and three layer arrangements are taken into account. It is found that the maximum displacement in the order of 10-4m occurs while the maximum equivalent stress is about 20 MPa. The maximum magnitude of shear stress is higher than that of equivalent stress.