Abstract
High emissivity coatings on fibrous insulation tiles played an important role in thermal protection systems and thereby intrigued many researchers; however, there was little emphasis on the mechanical properties of the coatings. In this study, a gradient MoSi2-borosilicate glass coating with a dense surface layer and a porous interlayer was designed for mullite fibrous ceramics. Mechanical properties and structure parameters of the coating layers and the substrate were studied. The gradient coating was compared with a monolayer dense coating of the same composition and same surface density in contact damage resistance, impact resistance and emissivity. Compared with monolayer dense coating coated substrates, the gradient coating coated ones exhibited two times higher load bearing capacity in Hertzian indentation test at the same displacement of 1 mm; they appeared to be stiffer and harder at constant load of 20 N, and showed better impact resistance at impact energy range of 0.25–0.75 J in the falling weight test; besides, fatal radial cracks were not observed in gradient coatings after the tests. In addition, the gradient coating had higher emissivity (0.838) than the monolayer dense coating (0.816) because of the significant absorptivity increase and reflectivity decrease by small gradual slopes in the rough surface.
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