Abstract
The cracking failure of a conventional thermal barrier coating (TBC), consisting of a near-α titanium substrate, a NiCoCrAlY bond coat (BC), and a 8 wt.% yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic layer deposited by electron beam-physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) method, was studied by cyclic furnace testing and isothermal exposure. The scanning electron microscope, electron probe microanalysis, and microhardness indentation were used to probe the failure mechanism. It is found that due to the mismatch of the coefficient of thermal expansion, the as-deposited BC is suffered the long-term tensile creeping at room temperature. During the high-temperature exposure, the TBC locally rumples, bringing in-plane tensile stress at the shoulders, and out-of-plane tensile stress at the peak of the rumpled BC, where primal cracks are originated. During the cooling period, the ridges of substrate pulled by the local rumpling of the BC blocks the contracting of the BC, originating new cracks in planar BC, and aggravating the original cracks. Furthermore, the oxidation products pushed into the BC and the 8YSZ enlarges the TBC and cracks the substrate along the weakest diffused grain boundaries. The cracking failure related to the diffusion of the BC to the substrate is also discussed.
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