Modeling and control of HVOF thermal spray processing of WC-Co coatings

Powder Technology

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 177-194

  Li, Mingheng ^a   Shi, Dan ^a   Christofides, Panagiotis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Feedback control; High velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) thermal spray; Microstructure; Particle size distribution; Process modeling

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; SPRAYING; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

COATING MICROSTRUCTURE; HIGH VELOCITY OXYGEN FUEL (HVOF) THERMAL SPRAY; MULTISCALE MODELING; THERMAL SPRAY PROCESSING;

COATINGS;

COBALT; FUEL; OXYGEN;

COATING; SPRAYING;

AEROSOL; AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 23944432441     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.04.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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