U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Processing-Micro- structure-Property Relationships during Plasma Spray Processing

这项为期三年的奖励将支持美国-法国制造工艺合作研究。 调查人员是纽约州立大学的桑贾伊·萨姆帕斯、赫伯特赫尔曼和克里斯托弗·伯恩特、斯托尼布鲁克、利莫日大学的皮埃尔·福谢和阿尔梅尔·瓦代尔。研究人员将研究与等离子喷涂工艺相关的工艺-结构-性能关系。该工艺目前被用于在各种材料上生产高性能涂层。 它具有作为航空航天、汽车、能源、化学和生物医学行业的新制造技术的潜力。 美国的目标-法国的研究项目是表征粉末颗粒，因为他们在等离子火焰熔化。利用等离子喷涂技术，研究人员将研究金属/陶瓷材料的加工，并确定涂层的微观结构和性能。美国研究人员将他们在建模、微观结构开发和材料表征方面的专业知识带入此次合作。法国研究人员在热化学建模、等离子体诊断和颗粒表征方面的专业知识对此进行了补充。 这两个领域都将促进对等离子喷涂加工及其作为新兴材料加工和制造技术的潜力的基本理解。

This three-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in manufacturing processes. The investigators are Sanjay Sampath, Herbert Herman and Christopher Berndt of the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and Pierre Fauchais and Armelle Vardelle of the University of Limoges. The investigators will study the process-structure-property relationship associated with plasma spray processing. The process is currently being used to produce high performance coatings on a wide range of materials. It has potential as a new manufacturing technology for aerospace, automotive, energy, chemical and biomedical industries. The objective of the U.S.-France research project is to characterize powder particles as they melt in a plasma flame. Using plasma spray technology, the investigators will study processing of metal/ceramic materials and determine the microstructure and properties of the coatings. The U.S. investigators bring to this collaboration their expertise in modeling, microstructure development and material characterization. This is complemented by the French investigators' expertise in thermo-chemical modeling, plasma diagnostics, and particle characterization. Both these areas will advance fundamental understanding of plasma spray processing and its potential as an emerging materials processing and manufacturing technology.