In the combustion chambers of gas turbine engines, ZrO2-8wt.%Y2O3 (YSZ) TBCs are commonly applied by air plasma spray (APS) using […]
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Modelling Knudsen Number Effects in Suspension High Velocity Oxy Fuel Thermal Spray
Suspension high velocity oxy fuel thermal spray is a system characterized by supersonic velocities and length scales of particles of […]
Environmental, Economical, and Performance Impacts of Ar-H2 and N2-H2 Plasma-Sprayed YSZ TBCs
Since the 1970s, the Ar-H2 plasma has been the standard air plasma spray (APS) gas system employed to deposit ZrO2-Y2O3 […]
Radial Injection in Suspension High Velocity Oxy Fuel (S-HVOF) Thermal Spray of Graphene Nanoplatelets for Tribology
Friction is a major issue in energy efficiency of any apparatus composed of moving mechanical parts, affecting durability and reliability. […]
Effect of HVOF Process Parameters on TiO2 Coatings: An Approach Using DoE and First-Order Process Maps
High-velocity oxy-fuel deposition stages of titanium oxide coatings were analyzed and reported here. For the first stages of deposition, process […]
Engineering A New Class Of Thermal Spray Nano-Based Microstructures From Agglomerated Nanostructured Particles, Suspensions And Solutions: An Invited Review
From the pioneering works of McPherson in 1973 who identified nanometre-sized features in thermal spray conventional alumina coatings (using sprayed […]
Improved Thermal Spray Consistency Via Plume Sensors -An Aerospace Perspective
Plume Sensor Technology can assist the conventional thermal spray shop to improve process consistency and output for many different process […]
Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barriers Sprayed Using N2-H2 and Ar-H2 Plasmas: Influence of Processing and Heat Treatment on Coating Properties
Thermal barrier coatings were produced using both Ar and N2 as the primary plasma gas. Various aspects of the process […]
Diagnostics For Advanced Materials Processing By Plasma Spraying
Advanced coatings deposited by plasma spraying are used in a large variety of industrial applications. The sprayed coatings are employed […]