Influence of impact parameters of zirconia droplets on splat formation and morphology in plasma spraying
- Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
In this study, the effects of the impact parameters, namely, the diameter d{sub 0}, velocity V{sub 0}, and temperature T{sub 0}, of an impacting droplet of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) on splat morphology have been investigated systematically under plasma spraying conditions. In particular, fully molten droplets of 30-90 {mu}m in d{sub 0} that impact on a preheated quartz glass substrate at V{sub 0} of 10-70 m/s have been examined via hybrid plasma spraying. The degree of flattening of final splat morphology, {xi}, was found to be predicted by the relationship {xi}=0.43Re{sup 1/3}, where Re is the Reynolds number. The dimensionless spreading time of droplets, t{sub s}*=t{sub s}V{sub 0}/d{sub 0}, was distributed around 2.7, where t{sub s} is the spreading time of the droplet. The ideal maximum spread factor derived from the splat height was approximately proportional to Re{sup 1/4}. The latter two findings suggest that the analytical model developed by Pasandideh-Fard et al. [Phys. Fluids 8, 650 (1996)] can be applied to the droplet impact in plasma spraying especially for the case of YSZ. In addition, the thermal contact resistance of disk shaped splats decreased with the increase of V{sub 0} within the range of 10{sup -5}-10{sup -6} m{sup 2} K/W.
- OSTI ID:
- 20884764
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2355446; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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