Download or read book The Mathematics of Thermal Modeling written by John Michael Dowden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-05-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of lasers for various applications in materials processing has grown rapidly in recent years. Lasers are by nature particularly well suited to automation, but to ensure repeatability and reliability, the engineers employing them must not simply rely on numerical analysis software. They must have a firm grasp on the physical principles invol