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Analytical Modeling of Oxide Thickness Effects on Residual Stresses in Thermal Barrier Coatings
Published
Author(s)
C H. Hsueh, Lin-Sien H. Lum
Abstract
The effects of the thickness of the thermally grown oxide on residual thermal stresses in a plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating were numerically simulated in Part I. In the tip region of a convex asperity, the residual stress normal to the interface, (alpha)y, in the ceramic top coat is tensile for a thin oxide but becomes compressive for a thick oxide. In the tip region of a concave asperity, (alpha)y in the ceramic top coat is compressive for a thin oxide and becomes less compressive for a thick oxide. The physical meaning of the above trend was qualitatively interpreted in the present study by using an analytical model of three concentric circles.
Hsueh, C.
and Lum, L.
(2000),
Analytical Modeling of Oxide Thickness Effects on Residual Stresses in Thermal Barrier Coatings, Scripta Materialia
(Accessed October 12, 2025)