Droplet solidification has received much attention over the last two decades due its
relevance in natural processes as well as engineering applications. Study of droplet …

HVOF thermal spraying technology has unique advantages for spraying WC-12Co ceramic
powder. The spraying process is complex, involving the gas-liquid-solid multiphase flow …

While the application of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method for the
modeling of welding processes has become increasingly popular in recent years, little is yet …

Thermal spray is an important surface treatment technique used in many industrial
applications. Thermal spray processes involve molten droplets sprayed onto substrates …

To reduce the corrosion degradation of copper alloys, an equiatomic CoCrNi medium-
entropy alloy (MEA) coating was successfully fabricated on a copper alloy plate using high …

During plasma spraying, interaction between splats and surface microsized features can be
critical to the splat dynamic progress and consequently to the coating microstructural …

In many applications, liquid drops perform their solidification on a surface of non-constant
cooling temperatures. Such a surface results in various behaviors of drops during the …

An important prerequisite for process simulations of laser beam welding is the accurate
depiction of the surface energy distribution. This requires capturing the optical effects of the …

The properties of thermally sprayed coatings depend heavily on their microstructure. The
microstructure is determined by the dynamics of the impact of the droplets on the substrate …

Coating technologies can enhance durability and extend the lifetime of mechanical
components by refinishing or rebuilding the damaged surfaces. Thermal spray is one of the …