Progress in thermal-mechantical effects induced by laser

In this paper we review several recent progresses in laser-induced thermal-mechanical effects, including constitutive model under high temperature and high temperature rise rate, laser damage behaviors of typical structures like thin plate and cylinders, and laser damage behaviors of multi-layered materials. We describe analytical model and mechanism study on the laser damage behavior including phase transformation and ablation, numerical modeling on the thermal-fluid-structure coupling behavior, and the shock effect and damage behavior induced by short pulse laser.