Introduction 1.1 Research Background 1.2 Laser Forming Mechanism 1.3 Research Trends and Applications 1.4 Research Motivation and Objectives 1.5 Outline of the Paper 2 Theory of Finite Element Analysis 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Finite Element Method(FEM) 2.3 Thermal Problem 2.4 Structural Problem 2.5 Summary 3 Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Verification of Laser Forming Process 3.1 Introduction 3.2 3D Finite Element Modeling 3.3 Experimental Verification 3.4 Summary 4 Finite Element Analysis of One-time Laser Scanning 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Analysis of Laser Parameter Effect 4.3 Analysis of Specimen Size Effect 4.4 Summary 5 Analysis of Scanning Pattern Effect in Multi-time Laser Scanning 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Two-time Scanning Analysis 5.3 Three-time Scanning Analysis 5.4 Summary 6 Conclusions and Recommendations 6.1 Conclusions 6.2 Recommendations Appendix A Overview of Laser A.1 Properties of Laser A.2 Types of Laser Appendix B Lists of ABAQUS Computer Program B.1 Finite Element Analysis of One-time Laser Scanning Process B.2 User Subroutine for the Gaussian-distributed Heat Source Model References Acknowledgement