Utegulov, Z.N.; Reese, S.J.; Farzbod, F.; Schley, R.S.; Hurley, D.H.
(Nazarbayev University, 2013)
We demonstrated a method for localized, furnace-free detection of the onsets of melting and ablation in polycrystalline tungsten using nanosecond laser ultrasonics. Pulsed laserinduced melting is characterized by a delay ...