Influence of laser pulse shape both on temperature profile and hardened layer depth

This paper presents a mathematical modelling and numerical calculations of heat conduction problems where laser generated heat is assumed as a surface heat source. Also the effect of a laser time structure on a hardened layer depth is examined. Temperature profiles for different laser pulse shapes are determined from the solution of a linear one-dimensional heat conduction equation for semi-infinite medium and discussed in terms of the parameters evolution such as dimensionless: temperature, heat flux, hardening depth, laser impulse duration and increasing time of triangular pulse shape.