The effect of volcanic ash based damages on thermal barrier coatings during the service conditions
Yasin OZGURLUK Kadir Mert DOLEKER Hayrettin Ahlatçı Abdullah Cahit KARAOGLANLI
AbstractThermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are generally used as a protective coating in gas turbine engine components in aerospace and aircraft industry [1]. Especially, TBCs applications used critical region parts exposed to high temperatures such as oxidation, hot-corrosion, thermal shock failures and CMAS (calcia–magnesia–alumina–silica) attack [2]. Volcanic ash degradation of TBC is a serious problem for many high temperature applications in aggressive environment such as turbine blades and vanes in gas turbines [3]. Impurities arising from the desert and volcanic environment dusts such as calcia–magnesia–alumina–silica (CMAS) formations cause degradation during the service conditions [4]. In this study, the effect of volcanic ash based failures were investigated and discussed in TBC systems.