CFD Analysis of the Effect of gas flow in Ytterbium: fiber laser cutting process – A review

There are many non-linear interaction factors responsible for the performance of the laser cutting process. Identification of the dominant factors that significantly affect the cut quality is important. In recent years the researchers have explored the number of ways to improve the quality of cutting in the different lasers. This paper reviews the research work carried out so far in the area of Laser cutting process and computational fluid dynamics. Several modeling and optimization techniques used for the determination of optimum laser cutting condition have been critically examined. CFD is a new branch of design engineering which integrates the discipline of Fluid mechanics/Dynamics with mathematics and also with computer science.