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An improved Vickers indentation fracture toughness model to assess the quality of thermally sprayed coatings.

Faisal, N.H.; Ahmed, R.; Prathuru, A.K.; Spence, S.; Hossain, M.; Steel, J.A.

Authors

R. Ahmed

S. Spence

J.A. Steel



Abstract

This study presents an improved approach to the quality assessment of thermally sprayed coatings. Measurements were carried out on five different coatings. Since it is the overall extent of surface cracking during Vickers indentation that is indicative of the volumetric damage, the surface crack length was measured, including the radial cracks, edge cracks, and other cracks around the indentation. It is concluded that the proposed model provides a way forward for determining the fracture toughness (K1c) of brittle materials where no radial cracks are developed. An elastic-plastic finite element simulation of the Vickers indentation test was conducted to locate the stress fields.

Citation

FAISAL, N.H., AHMED, R., PRATHURU, A.K., SPENCE, S., HOSSAIN, M. and STEEL, J.A. 2014. An improved Vickers indentation fracture toughness model to assess the quality of thermally sprayed coatings. Engineering fracture mechanics [online], 128, pages 189-204. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.07.015

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 17, 2014
Online Publication Date Jul 29, 2014
Publication Date Sep 30, 2014
Deposit Date May 5, 2016
Publicly Available Date May 5, 2016
Journal Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Print ISSN 0013-7944
Electronic ISSN 1873-7315
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 128
Pages 189-204
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.07.015
Keywords Thermal spray coatings; Vickers indentation; Fracture toughness (K1c); Edge crack model; Finite element analysis
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1461

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