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 …

Advanced thick thermal barrier coatings (TTBCs) have attracted extensive attentions due to
the embedded segmentation-crack structure and excellent thermal insulation performance …

A numerical study is conducted to investigate the effect of oxide growth on the stress
development within the plasma sprayed double-ceramic-layer thermal barrier coatings. The …

Thermally grown oxide (TGO), besides bringing extra mismatch between layers in thermal
barrier coatings (TBCs), induces volumetric expansion and local large deformation in …

One of the important applications of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is as a thermal barrier
coating for gas turbine engines. While YSZ performs well in this function, the need for …

Due to their outstanding high temperature resistance, thermal barrier coatings are commonly
applied in hot section such as aero-engine combustion chambers to protect components …

The evolutions of elastic modulus and fracture toughness are the key factors affecting the
failure mechanism and durability of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). Combined the high …

Electron beam-physical vapor deposited (EB-PVD) thermal barrier coating system (TBCs)
are vulnerable to the degradations induced by the penetration of calcium-magnesium …