Thermally sprayed coatings are usually defined by their hardness, porosity, roughness, and
wear resistance. Even though the Young's modulus is an essential property, which …

Abstract During Thermal Spraying material is partially or totally melted in between
milliseconds, accelerated to high velocities and propelled onto the surface to be coated …

Real-time curvature measurement of a coating-substrate system during deposition has
facilitated the monitoring of coating stresses and provided additional insights into thermal …

Microstructure of coatings produced by thermal spray coating process depends on many
parameters, including particle impact conditions, powder materials, and substrate …

Nondestructive techniques for evaluating and characterizing coatings were extensively
demanded by the thermal spray community; nonetheless, few results have been produced in …

Revealing the true structural and mechanical properties is of utmost importance for the
optimized use of thermal sprayed coatings. Only the true properties can be expected to …

Nondestructive techniques for evaluating and characterizing coatings have been extensively
demanded by the thermal spray community; nonetheless, few results have been produced in …

Whatever the degree of knowledge and control which can be obtained on each critical
parameter of a thermal spray process, it seems now understood that it will ever be extremely …

A round-robin test was implemented where nine European research institutions and
universities applied different thermal, ultrasonic, and magnetic methods for measuring the …

Abstract Models, which are developed to determine the effective properties of thermal spray
coatings, require the material properties of each constituent of the coating as well as the …