Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials, 1999
ISBN Print: 1-56700-126-2
3-D MODELING OF THE PLASMA CO-SPRAYING OF TWO DISSIMILAR MATERIALS
DOI: 10.1615/ITPPC-1998.680
pages 461-469
Abstract
The co-spraying of a ceramic and a metallic powder for the manufacturing of functionally graded plasma-sprayed coatings is investigated by using a 3-D commercial Computational
Fluid Dynamics code, ESTET 3.2. The operating conditions of the plasma torch are kept constant and various configurations of the powder injection in the plasma flow are discussed.