Browsing by Author "Kim, In-Soo"

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    Crack-Growth Behavior in Thermal Barrier Coatings with Cyclic Thermal Exposure
    (MDPI, 2019-06) Song, Dowon; Song, Taeseup; Paik, Ungyu; Lyu, Guanlin; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Choi, Baig-Gyu; Kim, In-Soo; Zhang, Jing; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Crack-growth behavior in yttria-stabilized zirconia-based thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) is investigated through a cyclic thermal fatigue (CTF) test to understand TBCs’ failure mechanisms. Initial cracks were introduced on the coatings’ top surface and cross section using the micro-indentation technique. The results show that crack length in the surface-cracked TBCs grew parabolically with the number of cycles in the CTF test. Failure in the surface-cracked TBC was dependent on the initial crack length formed with different loading levels, suggesting the existence of a threshold surface crack length. For the cross section, the horizontal crack length increased in a similar manner as observed in the surface. By contrast, in the vertical direction, the crack did not grow very much with CTF testing. An analytical model is proposed to explain the experimentally-observed crack-growth behavior.
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    Crack-Resistance Behavior of an Encapsulated, Healing Agent Embedded Buffer Layer on Self-Healing Thermal Barrier Coatings
    (MDPI, 2019) Song, Dowon; Song, Taeseup; Paik, Ungyu; Lyu, Guanlin; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Choi, Baig-Gyu; Kim, In-Soo; Zhang, Jing; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    In this work, a novel thermal barrier coating (TBC) system is proposed that embeds silicon particles in coating as a crack-healing agent. The healing agent is encapsulated to avoid unintended reactions and premature oxidation. Thermal durability of the developed TBCs is evaluated through cyclic thermal fatigue and jet engine thermal shock tests. Moreover, artificial cracks are introduced into the buffer layer’s cross section using a microhardness indentation method. Then, the indented TBC specimens are subject to heat treatment to investigate their crack-resisting behavior in detail. The TBC specimens with the embedded healing agents exhibit a relatively better thermal fatigue resistance than the conventional TBCs. The encapsulated healing agent protects rapid large crack openings under thermal shock conditions. Different crack-resisting behaviors and mechanisms are proposed depending on the embedding healing agents.
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    Fracture behavior and thermal durability of lanthanum zirconate-based thermal barrier coatings with buffer layer in thermally graded mechanical fatigue environments
    (Elsevier, 2017) Lyu, Guanlin; Kim, Bong Gu; Lee, SeoungSoo; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Zhang, Jing; Choi, Baig-Gyu; Kim, In-Soo; Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    The effects of buffer layer on the fracture behavior and lifetime performance of lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7; LZO)-based thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) were investigated through thermally graded mechanical fatigue (TGMF) tests, which are designed to simulate the operating conditions of rotating parts in gas turbines. To improve the thermal durability of LZO-based TBCs, composite coats consisting of two feedstock powders of LZO and 8 wt% yttria-doped stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) were prepared by mixing different volume ratios (50:50 and 25:75, respectively). The composite coat of 50:50 volume ratio was employed as the top coat, and two types of buffer layers were introduced (25:75 volume ratio in LZO and 8YSZ, and 8YSZ only). These TBC systems were compared with a reference TBC system of 8YSZ. The TGMF tests with a tensile load of 60 MPa were performed for 1000 cycles, at a surface temperature of 1100 °C and a dwell time of 10 min, and then the samples were cooled at room temperature for 10 min in each cycle. For the single-layer TBCs, the composite top coat showed similar results as for the reference TBC system. The triple-layer coating (TLC) showed the best thermal cycle performance among all samples, suggesting that the buffer layer was efficient in improving lifetime performance. Failure modes were different for the TBC systems. Delamination and/or cracks were created at the interface between the bond and top coats or above the interface in the single-layer TBCs, but the TBCs with the buffer layer were delaminated and/or cracked at the interface between the buffer layer and the top coat, independent of buffer layer species. This study allows further understanding of the LZO-based TBC failure mechanisms in operating conditions, especially in combined thermal and mechanical environments, in order to design reliable TBC systems.
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    Mechanical Properties of Lanthanum Zirconate Based Composite Thermal Barrier Coatings
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019) Zhang, Jing; Guo, Xingye; Zhang, Yi; Lu, Zhe; Choi, Hyun-Hee; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Kim, In-Soo; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Lanthanum zirconate is a promising candidate material for thermal barrier coating (TBC) applications due to its low thermal conductivity and high temperature phase stability. However, its application is limited by thermal durability caused by low fracture toughness and low coefficient of thermal expansion. We recently developed LZ/8YSZ composite TBC systems using blended LZ and 8YSZ powders, which have demonstrated excellent thermal cycling performance. In this study, the mechanical properties of the composite TBCs were characterised using both nanoindentation and Vicker’s microhardness tests. The nanoindentation results show that both Young’s modulus and nanohardness increase with increasing 8YSZ content, suggesting the mechanical properties can be tailored by changing the volume ratio of 8YSZ. The ratios of Young’s modulus to nanohardness remain constant, ∼18, irrespective to the coating’s composition. The microhardness results show the same dependence with 8YSZ content, which is confirmed by the analytic models based on composite theory.
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    Thermal durability and fracture behavior of layered Yb-Gd-Y-based thermal barrier coatings in thermal cyclic exposure
    (Elsevier, 2017-08) Jung, Sung-Hoon; Lu, Zhe; Jung, Yeon-Gil; Song, Dowon; Paik, Ungyu; Choi, Baig-Gyu; Kim, In-Soo; Guo, Xingye; Zhang, Jing; Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    The effects of structural design on the thermal durability and fracture behavior of Yb-Gd-Y-based thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) were investigated through thermal cyclic exposure tests, such as furnace cyclic thermal fatigue (FCTF) and jet engine thermal shock (JETS) tests. The effects of composition in the bond coat and feedstock purity for the buffer layer on its lifetime performance were also examined. To overcome the drawbacks of Yb-Gd-Y-based material with inferior thermal durability due to poor mechanical properties and low coefficient of thermal expansion, a buffer layer was introduced in the Yb-Gd-Y-based TBC systems. In FCTF tests, the TBCs with the buffer layer showed a longer lifetime performance than those without the buffer layer, showing the longest thermal durability in the TBC with the Co-Ni-based bond coat and the buffer layer of regular purity. In JETS tests, the TBC with the Ni-based bond coat and the buffer layer of high purity showed a sound condition after 2000 cycles, showing better thermal durability for TBC with the Co-Ni-based bond coat rather than that with the Ni-based bond coat in the single layer coating without the buffer layer. The buffer layer effectively enhanced the thermal durability in slow temperature change (in the FCTF test), while the bond-coat composition and the feedstock purity for the buffer layer were found to be important factor to improve the thermal durability of the TBC in fast temperature change (in the JEET test). Finally, these research findings allow us to control the structure, composition, and feedstock purity in TBC system for improving the thermal durability in cyclic thermal environments.