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2015
Journal Article
Titel
Analysis and optimal control for free melt flow boundaries in laser cutting with distributed radiation
Abstract
This work introduces a mathematical model for laser cutting taking account of spatially distributed laser radiation. The model involves two coupled nonlinear partial differential equations describing the interacting dynamical behaviors of the free boundaries of the melt during the process. The model will be investigated by linear stability analysis to study the occurence of ripple formations at the cutting surface. We define a measurement for the roughness of the cutting surface and introduce an optimal control problem for minimizing the roughness with respect to the laser beam intensity along the free melt surface. Necessary optimality conditions will be deduced. Finally, a numerical solution will be presented and discussed by means of the necessary conditions. physical considerations.