Modeling of liquid metal droplet deformation by laser impact

The method of sequential simulation of liquid metal droplet deformation by a laser pulse is considered. The first stage is the laser impact on a droplet. It was simulated using RALEF-2D code, based on the radiative gas dynamic model. The next stage is target deformation from a droplet to a disk. This part of simulation was carried out using OpenFOAM code where surface tension forces are taken into account. Good agreement with experimental results was obtained.