The ingestion of siliceous particulate debris into the gas turbine engines during operation caused the deposition of so-called CMAS (calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate) […]
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Impact Of Molten Salts Composition On The Corrosion Behavior Of Nimocr And Conicral Coatings On L-PBF 316L Stainless Steel For CSP Plants
The high-temperature corrosion performance of NiMoCr and CoNiCrAl coatings produced by high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) on laser powder bed fusion […]

Flash Boiling Atomization of Suspension for Application of Suspension Plasma Spraying
Suspension Plasma Spraying (SPS) is a thermal spray technique used to deposit sub-micron and nano-sized particles. The liquid is evaporated […]

Improving Coating Repeatability by Parameter Adaptation Through Process Monitoring, Gaussian Process Models and Kalman Filters
Producing coatings of repeatable quality is a crucial objective of any coating process, including atmospheric thermal spraying (APS). With the […]

Effect Of Spray Parameters On The Microstructure, Solid Lubricant Phase Retention, And High-Temperature Tribological Performance Of Plasma Sprayed YSZ/Baf2 Composite Coatings
This report deals with the development of a self-lubricated plasma sprayed YSZ/BaF2 coating taking the following into account: (i) the […]

Role Of Nitrogen And Helium Gases On Microstructure And Anisotropic Mechanical Properties Of Cold-Sprayed Scalmalloy Deposits
Aluminum alloys (Al) produced by fusion-based additive manufacturing techniques exhibit limited strength due to undesirable grain growth, porosity, and thermal […]

Splat Deposition Stress Formation Mechanism Of Droplets Impacting Onto Texture
This study focuses on understanding the crucial phenomenon of deposition stress during the splat formation of plasma-sprayed droplets, which is […]

Active Learning-Driven Uncertainty Reduction For In-Flight Particle Characteristics of Atmospheric Plasma Spraying of Silicon
The first-of-its-kind use of the active learning (AL) framework in thermal spray is adapted to enhance the prediction accuracy of […]

Processing–Microstructure–Properties of Columns in Thermal Barrier Coatings: A Study of Thermo-Chemico-Mechanical Durability
Contemporary gas turbine engines rely on thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), which protect the structural components of the engine against degradation […]