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Microcrack propagation induced by dynamic infiltration of calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate in columnar structures for thermal barrier coatings

  • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Columnar-structured thermal barrier coating systems (TBCs) possess a strain tolerant columnar microstructure wherein the gaps between the columns are filled with high-porosity oxides. A numerical model is proposed to estimate the stress fields of the microcrack induced by calcium-magnesium-alumina-silicate (CMAS) infiltration and microcrack propagation behavior in the yttria stabilized zirconia column induced by dynamic CMAS infiltration is studied using the extended finite element method. The results demonstrate that both the stress and energy release rate near microcracks were found to dramatically increase when CMAS reached a microcrack. The present analysis reveals that the vertical cracks easily initiate from the microstructure column and coalesce with adjacent horizontal and vertical pores, thereby resulting in premature failure of TBCs via delamination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11-21
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A
Volume44
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • CMAS infiltration
  • Thermal barrier coating (TBC)
  • columnar structure
  • extended finite element method (XFEM)

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