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Thermal and Mechanical Evaluation of Environmental Barrier Coatings for SiCf-SiC Composites

SiCf-SiC 복합재료의 내환경 코팅 및 열, 기계적 내구성 평가

  • Received : 2017.03.30
  • Accepted : 2017.04.27
  • Published : 2017.04.30

Abstract

This study investigates thermal and mechanical characterization of environmental barrier coating on the $SiC_f-SiC$ composites. The spherical environmental barrier coating (EBC) powders are prepared using a spray drying process for flowing easily during coating process. The powders consisting of mullite and 12 wt% of Ytterbium silicate are air plasma sprayed on the Si bondcoat on the LSI SiC fiber reinforced SiC composite substrate for protecting the composites from oxidation and water vapor reaction. We vary the process parameter of spray distance during air plasma spray of powders, 100, 120 and 140 mm. After that, we performed the thermal durability tests by thermal annealing test at $1100^{\circ}C$ for 100hr and thermal shock test from $1200^{\circ}C$ for 3000 cycles. As a result, the interface delamination of EBC never occur during thermal durability tests while stable cracks are prominent on the coating layer. The crack density and crack length depend on the spray distance during coating. The post indentation test indicates thermal tests influence on the indentation load-displacement mechanical behavior.

본 논문에서는 탄화규소 섬유강화 탄화규소 복합재료에 내환경 코팅을 수행한 후, 열 기계적 특성평가에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 초기분말은 성형공정도중 흐름성을 좋게 하기 위해 분무건조법으로 구형의 분말을 제조하였다. 내환경 코팅재는 복합재료가 산화되거나 고온 수증기와 반응하는 것을 방지하기 위해 행하여 지는데, 본 연구에서는 액상침투법(LSI)으로 제조한 복합재에 실리콘으로 본드코팅을 하고 그 위에 대기플라즈마용사법으로 뮬라이트(mullite)와 무게비로 12% 이터븀 실리케이트(ytterbium silicate)가 혼합된 복합재를 코팅하였다. 대기플라즈마 코팅공정 시 성형변수로서 분무거리를 100, 120 그리고 140 mm로 변화시켰다. 그 후 $1100^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 100시간동안 유지하는 실험과 $1200^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 열충격을 가하는 싸이클을 3000회 반복하였다. 열내구성 시험동안 계면 박리는 일어나지 않았지만, 현저한 균열들이 코팅층 내에서 발견되었다. 균열밀도와 균열의 길이는 코팅도중의 분무거리에 의존하여 변화하였다. 열 내구성 시험 후, 압흔 시험을 통해 기계적 열화거동을 분석하였는데, 시험의 방식이나 조건들이 하중-변위 곡선의 거동에 영향을 주었다.

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