Evaluation of thermal conduction anisotropy on Thermal Barrier Coating

Abstract

The microstructural analysis of Thermal Barrier Coatings, deposited according to the Air Plasma Spray technology, furnishes information according which a strong orthotropic thermal conductivity is expected to be measured for such a material. Pulsed experiment with a localized heating source and thermographic temperature recording, permit to evaluate both the in-depth and in-plane components of the conductivity tensor. The utilization of a gaussian shaped heating function permits to compare both the direct solution and the one obtained by a spatial Fourier Transform.