Experimental Design of Solid Particle Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Composite Coatings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Coating Material and Substrate
2.2. Coating Procedure
2.3. Characteristics of the Coating
2.4. Erosion Test
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Experimental Results of Coating Material
3.2. Experimental Results of Coating Material
3.3. Experimental Results of Coating Material
3.4. Erosion Mechanism
3.5. Taguchi Experimental Design
4. Conclusions
- The coated surface placed at an inclination of 30° offers the maximum resistance to erosion but erosion rate is significantly high when inclination angle changes to 90°. However, the reverse is the case when coated surfaces are replaced by bare steel.
- The wear rate is directly proportional to impact velocity in respect of all coatings and bare steel.
- The mechanism in SEM morphology of all the sprayed coatings is similar in form but differ from the bare substrate. SEM morphology of all the sprayed coatings includes micro cutting, fracturing of splats, development of craters and ploughing. However, in the substrate the mechanisms are ploughing and pitting along with formation of pores, voids and craters.
- NiCrBSi containing 15%Al2O3 is superior in checking erosion to other two blend of 5% and 10% Al2O3.
- The optimal condition for obtaining low volumetric loss of the coatings is found at impingement angle of 30°, impact velocity of 33 m/s and composition of NiCrBSi-15%Al2O3 using the Taguchi method.
- From the ANOVA table it was observed that the volumetric loss of the coatings was significantly affected by the composition of the coatings with a contribution of 35.89% followed by impact velocity (31.20%) and impingement angle (22.33%). The proposed statistical method was validated by a confirmation test, showing an error below 5% supporting the acceptance of the Taguchi method.
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Factors | Title/Magnitude |
---|---|
Pressure | Oxygen: 1 MPa |
Air: 0.5–0.6 MPa | |
Fuel LPG: 0.7 MPa | |
Flow Rate | Oxygen: 0.0042–0.0045 m3/s |
Air: 0.01 m3/s | |
Fuel LPG: 0.001–0.0011 m3/s | |
Nitrogen: 0.0014–0.0016 m3/s | |
Carrier Gas | Nitrogen |
Gun | MEC Hipo jet 2700 |
Nozzle to substrate distance | 0.18 m |
L27(313) | Impingement Angle, ° | Impact Velocity, m/s | Composition, Al2O3 wt.% | Volume Loss, cc | S/N Ratio (dB) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 0.000766 | 62.31 |
2 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 0.000280 | 71.07 |
3 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 0.000150 | 76.47 |
4 | 30 | 68 | 5 | 0.001505 | 56.45 |
5 | 30 | 68 | 10 | 0.000364 | 68.79 |
6 | 30 | 68 | 15 | 0.000292 | 70.71 |
7 | 30 | 100 | 5 | 0.002750 | 51.21 |
8 | 30 | 100 | 10 | 0.000448 | 66.98 |
9 | 30 | 100 | 15 | 0.000408 | 67.78 |
10 | 60 | 33 | 5 | 0.000780 | 62.16 |
11 | 60 | 33 | 10 | 0.000392 | 68.14 |
12 | 60 | 33 | 15 | 0.000175 | 75.14 |
13 | 60 | 68 | 5 | 0.001915 | 54.36 |
14 | 60 | 68 | 10 | 0.000434 | 67.26 |
15 | 60 | 68 | 15 | 0.000437 | 67.18 |
16 | 60 | 100 | 5 | 0.002736 | 51.26 |
17 | 60 | 100 | 10 | 0.001119 | 59.02 |
18 | 60 | 100 | 15 | 0.000816 | 61.76 |
19 | 90 | 33 | 5 | 0.000862 | 61.29 |
20 | 90 | 33 | 10 | 0.000727 | 62.77 |
21 | 90 | 33 | 15 | 0.000496 | 66.10 |
22 | 90 | 68 | 5 | 0.002189 | 53.20 |
23 | 90 | 68 | 10 | 0.001469 | 56.66 |
24 | 90 | 68 | 15 | 0.001035 | 59.70 |
25 | 90 | 100 | 5 | 0.002982 | 50.51 |
26 | 90 | 100 | 10 | 0.002517 | 51.98 |
27 | 90 | 100 | 15 | 0.002201 | 53.15 |
Sl No | Coating | Porosity Values (%) | Thickness (μm) ± SD | Surface Roughness, Ra Value (μm) | Surface Hardness(HV0.3) ± SD | Fracture Toughness (MPa√m) ± SD | Bond Strength (MPa) ± SD | Density (g/cc) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theoretical | Experimental | ||||||||
1 | N5A | 3–5 | 222 ± 9 | 3.6 to 5.7 | 407 ± 15 | 3.05 ± 0.7 | 19.72 ± 1.8 | 7.53 | 7.31 |
2 | N10A | 2–4 | 203 ± 13 | 5.0 to 6.0 | 557 ± 22 | 3.82 ± 1.2 | 19.01 ± 2.6 | 7.34 | 7.15 |
3 | N15A | 3–5 | 213 ± 8 | 5.0 to 6.30 | 715 ± 31 | 4.12 ± 1.5 | 22.37 ± 1.3 | 7.16 | 6.86 |
Level | Impingement Angle | Impact Velocity | Composition |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 65.75 | 67.27 | 55.86 |
2 | 62.92 | 61.59 | 63.63 |
3 | 57.26 | 57.07 | 66.44 |
Delta (δ) | 8.49 | 10.20 | 10.58 |
rank | 3 | 2 | 1 |
SOURCE | DOF | Adj SS | Adj MS | F VALUE | P VALUE | P (%) | RANK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Impingement angle: A | 2 | 336.47 | 168.24 | 78.78 | 0.000 | 22.33 | 3 |
Impact velocity: B | 2 | 470.11 | 235.05 | 110.06 | 0.000 | 31.20 | 2 |
Composition: C | 2 | 540.79 | 270.39 | 126.61 | 0.000 | 35.89 | 1 |
A × B | 4 | 12.71 | 3.18 | 1.49 | 0.293 | 0.86 | 3 |
A × C | 4 | 110.59 | 27.65 | 12.95 | 0.001 | 7.34 | 1 |
B × C | 4 | 18.87 | 4.72 | 2.21 | 0.158 | 1.25 | 2 |
ERROR | 8 | 17.08 | 2.14 | 1.13 | |||
TOTAL | 26 |
Designated Level | Parameter | Error % | |
---|---|---|---|
Prediction | Experimental | ||
A1B1C3 (Optimal level) | 75.52 | 76.47 | 1.25 |
A2B1C3 | 72.68 | 75.14 | 3.27 |
A3B1C2 | 64.21 | 62.77 | 2.29 |
A2B2C1 | 56.42 | 54.36 | 3.78 |
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Senapati, P.; Sutar, H.; Murmu, R.; Bajpai, S. Experimental Design of Solid Particle Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Composite Coatings. J. Compos. Sci. 2021, 5, 133. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jcs5050133
Senapati P, Sutar H, Murmu R, Bajpai S. Experimental Design of Solid Particle Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Composite Coatings. Journal of Composites Science. 2021; 5(5):133. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jcs5050133
Chicago/Turabian StyleSenapati, Pragyan, Harekrushna Sutar, Rabiranjan Murmu, and Shubhra Bajpai. 2021. "Experimental Design of Solid Particle Wear Behavior of Ni-Based Composite Coatings" Journal of Composites Science 5, no. 5: 133. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jcs5050133