1. Ablation and surface heating behaviors of graphite based Ir-Al coating in a plasma wind tunnel.
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Zhang, Kaili, Bai, Shuxin, Zhu, Lian, Ye, Yicong, Zhang, Hong, Ai, Yuanlin, Li, Shun, and Tang, Yu
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WIND tunnels , *GRAPHITE , *IRIDIUM , *ALUMINUM , *ABLATION (Aerothermodynamics) - Abstract
Abstract The ablation and surface heating behaviors of iridium and Ir-Al coatings on graphite substrates under non-equilibrium conditions were investigated in a plasma wind tunnel. The results showed that the iridium coating had a much higher thermal response than the Ir-Al coating in non-equilibrium conditions. The iridium coating melted at a heat flux of 2.03 MW/m2 with the surface temperature up to 2494 °C, while the surface temperature of the Ir-Al coating was only 1330 °C at this condition. When the heat flux rose to 3 MW/m2, the surface temperature of the Ir-Al coating stayed at ~1520 °C. After continuous ablation at this condition for 500 s, the Ir-Al coating remained intact. It can be concluded that the Al alloying modification could largely improve the ablation resistance of an iridium coating. The present research proposed a novel idea for ultra-high temperature coating for hypersonic applications. Highlights • Pure iridium coating had a heat response of over 2440°C at a heat flux of 3MW/m2 in plasma wind tunnel • Ir-Al coating could withstand a heat flux of more than 3 MW/m2 in plasma wind tunnel • Surface temperature of Ir-Al was about 1000°C lower than iridium coating at the same condition [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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