Synchrotron X-ray Measurement Techniques for Thermal Barrier Coated Cylindrical Samples Under Thermal Gradients
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Publication Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Abstract
Measurement techniques to obtain accurate in situ synchrotron strain measurements of thermal barrier coating systems (TBCs) applied to hollow cylindrical specimens are presented in this work. The Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition coated specimens with internal cooling were designed to achieve realistic temperature gradients over the TBC coated material such as that occurring in the turbine blades of aeroengines. Effects of the circular cross section on the x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements in the various layers, including the thermally grown oxide, are investigated using high-energy synchrotron x-rays. Multiple approaches for beam penetration including collection, tangential, and normal to the layers, along with variations in collection parameters are compared for their ability to attain high-resolution XRD data from the internal layers. This study displays the ability to monitor in situ, the response of the internal layers within the TBC, while implementing a thermal gradient across the thickness of the coated sample. The thermal setup maintained coating surface temperatures in the range of operating conditions, while monitoring the substrate cooling, for a controlled thermal gradient. Through variation in measurement location and beam parameters, sufficient intensities are obtained from the internal layers which can be used for depth resolved strain measurements. Results are used to establish the various techniques for obtaining XRD measurements through multi-layered coating systems and their outcomes will pave the way towards goals in achieving realistic in situ testing of these coatings
Recommended Citation
Siddiqui, Sanna F.; Knipe, Kevin; Manero, Albert; Meid, Carla; Wischek, Janine; Okasinski, John; Almer, Jonathan; Karlsson, Anette M.; Bartsch, Marion; and Raghavan, Seetha, "Synchrotron X-ray Measurement Techniques for Thermal Barrier Coated Cylindrical Samples Under Thermal Gradients" (2013). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications. 379.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/enme_facpub/379
DOI
10.1063/1.4817543
Version
Postprint
Volume
84
Comments
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation grants (Grant Nos. OISE 1157619 and CMMI 1125696) and by the German Science Foundation (DFG) grant (Grant No. SFB-TRR103), Project A3. This material is additionally based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant No. 1144246 awarded to Sanna F. Siddiqui. Use of the Advanced Photon Source, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory, was supported by the U.S. DOE under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.