APPLIED LASER, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 123(2025)
Research on Glass Non-Destructive Laser Cutting Based on Heat Flux Density Control
Laser thermal effects can cut glass by inducing stress, but high temperatures may lead to burns or thermal cracks. This paper employs ABAQUS to study temperature distribution and heat time-integral flux (HTL) influence during laser induced thermal-crack propagation (LITP), examining how HTL impacts ablation, surface morphology, roughness, and straightness to establish a threshold for undamaged cuts. The results indicate that: when the HTL is lower than 14.5 J/cm3, the laser energy is not sufficient to cut the glass effectively; in the interval of 14.5307.2 J/cm3, the cut cross-section and the surface of the glass samples are smooth, straight, and damage-free; when the HTL is higher than 307.2 J/cm3, the cut cross-section starts to show obvious thermal damage, ablation, and chipping of the cut edges.
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Li Jiahao, Liu Yao, Zhang Huiyun, Ye Linzheng. Research on Glass Non-Destructive Laser Cutting Based on Heat Flux Density Control[J]. APPLIED LASER, 2025, 45(2): 123
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Received: Jun. 12, 2024
Accepted: Jun. 17, 2025
Published Online: Jun. 17, 2025
The Author Email: Liu Yao (liuyao@nuc.edu.cn)