Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) can effectively protect the alloy substrate of hot components
in aeroengines or land-based gas turbines by the thermal insulation and corrosion/erosion …

Thermal spray coatings are material systems with unique structures and properties that have
enabled the growth and evolution of key modern technologies (ie, gas turbines, structurally …

A long lifespan is a basic support for the thermal protection of thermal barrier coatings
(TBCs). Plasma-sprayed TBCs provide high thermal insulation and cost-effective …

A review is presented of how heat transfer takes place in plasma-sprayed (zirconia-based)
thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) during operation of gas turbines. These characteristics of …

A novel composite-layered thermal barrier coating is designed to solve performance
degradation caused by inevitable thermal exposure. Inspired by cathodic protection with a …

Lifetime is crucial to the application of advanced thermal barrier coatings (TBC s), and
proper lifetime evaluation methods should be developed to predict the service lifetime of …

This study compares the hot corrosion performance of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ), and
YSZ-Ta 2 O 5 (TaYSZ) composite samples in the presence of molten mixture of Na 2 SO 4+ …

During thermal exposure of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), sintering causes degradation of
the thermal barrier performance, as well as spallation. However, it is difficult to …

The aim of this study is to develop the next generation of production ready air plasma
sprayed thermal barrier coating with a low conductivity and long lifetime. A number of …

Both thermal cyclic lifetime and thermal barrier performance are essentially important to the
application of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). In this study, equivalent thermal insulation …