Heating stainless steel for 8 hours with a laser doesn't sound very practical. Not knowing what temps that you need to achieve you would need a large laser such an Excimer laser that puts out high energy and a laser would not give consistant heating thru your medium.<br>
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I would stick with conventional means such as water thru a heater etc... which you could control easier.<br>
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I hope this helps. Also this is only my opinion you may find someone out there that thinks or has done otherwise.<br>
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Good Luck!!<br>
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Mark
Hello,
I want clarification for this. If i use laser as a heat source, for modeling in FEM, how can i convert the laser power as heatflux to apply in a particular element of FEM mesh.
Please clarify this
with regards