Thermal Plasma Spray Modeling

Thermal plasma spray modeling is focused on the description of RF and DC plasma torches, on plasma-particle interactions, as well as on the behavior of particles at impact and the coating development. Both two- and three-dimensional models are applied to calculate velocity, enthalpy, and temperature distributions at the nozzle exit, matching with the plasma gas flow rate and enthalpy. The properties are presented as follows (Dussoubs, 1998 Freton, Gonzalez, Gleizes, 2000 Wan et al., 2002)  

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Busso EP, Lin J, Sakurai S, Nakayama M. Mechanistic study of oxidation-induced degradation in a plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating system. Part I Model formulation. Acta Materialia. 2001 49 1515-1528. 

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