The steel making processes involves extreme and harsh operating conditions; hence, the
production hardware is exposed to degradation mechanisms under high temperature …

Several applications, where extreme conditions occur, require the use of alloys often
containing many critical elements. Due to the ever increasing prices of critical raw materials …

Synchronized-powder-feeding-based laser directed energy deposition (LDED) has great
application potential for the rapid fabrication of large-scale composite ceramics with complex …

Plasma spray-physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD) as a novel process was used to prepare
feather-like columnar thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). This special microstructure shows …

The turbine inlet temperature (TIT) has a significant effect on the performance of gas
turbines, and enhanced cooling methods are being applied to the latest gas turbines to …

Defect pyrochlores are promising candidates for thermally-insulating materials for use in
technological applications. Preparation of materials of general formula K1− xCsxTa1 …

Thermal barrier coatings to protect and extend the life of hot-end parts of gas turbine engine
have come a long way from their introduction almost half a century ago, having been the …

Thermal spray coatings techniques are groundbreaking solutions for a multitude of stumble
blocks in various industries. In this article authors reviewed various applications of thermal …

Numerical analysis of interfacial delamination and the effect of microstructural pores and
rough interfaces on the field variables in thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) based on a real …

Abstract The Ba (Mg 1/3 Ta 2/3) O 3 (BMT) ceramic is considered a potential candidate
material for thermal barrier coating (TBC) applications, due to its excellent thermophysical …