Various combinations of plasma sprayed bond coatings and zirconia ceramic coatings on a
nickel-base superalloy substrate were tested by static thermal exposure at 1200/sup 0/C and …

Isothermal and cyclic heat treatments of a plasma‐sprayed zirconia‐8 wt% yttria thermal
barrier coating on a nickel superalloy substrate highlighted coating failure mechanisms. A …

The failure mechanisms of air‐plasma‐sprayed ZrO2 thermal barrier coatings with various
microstructures were studied by microscopic techniques after thermal cycling. The elastic …

Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), consisting of physical vapor deposited (PVD) partially
stabilized zirconia (PSZ, 8 wt.% Y 2 O 3) and a diffusion aluminide bond coat, were …

Thermal cyclic tests of ZrO 2 8wt.% Y 2 O 3/Co 32Ni 21Cr 6A1 0.5 Y duplex thermal
barrier coatings (TBCs) were conducted from room temperature to 1000, 1025, 1050, 1075 …

Techniques have been developed for measuring the tensile properties of plasmasprayed
coatings which are used in thermal barrier applications. The measurements have included …

Superalloy samples were coated with thermal barrier coatings (TBC). This TBC-system
consisted of two layers. The first layer was a vacuum-plasma sprayed, corrosion resistant …

The microstructural change, crack initiation and spallation of a vacuum plasma sprayed
(VPS) thermal barrier coating on an INCONEL‐738 superalloy substrate were investigated …

Summary “Dual graded” thermal barrier coatings have been developed in order to increase
the coating life of conventional plasma sprayed ceramic thermal barrier coatings (NiCrAlY …

The isothermal oxidation behavior of thermal barrier coating (TBC) specimens consisting of
single-crystal superalloy substrates, vacuum plasma-sprayed Ni 22Cr 10Al 1Y bond …