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Computer-Controlled Detonation Spraying: From Process Fundamentals Toward Advanced Applications

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Detonation spraying is a well-known technology which is applied for deposition of diverse powders, in particular cermets, to form various protective coatings. Actual progress is related to a recently developed technique of computer-controlled detonation spraying and its application in non-traditional domains as development of composite and graded coatings or metallization of plastics. The gas detonation parameters are analyzed to estimate the efficiency of different fuels to vary particle-in-flight velocity and temperature over a broad range thus providing conditions to spray diverse powders. A particle of a given nature and fixed size could be sprayed in a solid state or being strongly overheated above the melting point by variation of the quantity of the explosive gas mixture which is computer-controlled. Particle-in-flight velocity and temperature are calculated and compared with jet monitoring by a CCD-camera-based diagnostic tool and experimental data on splats formation.

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Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (project No. 22.17), the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (integration projects No. 82, 108), and Scientific School No. 1886.2008.1.

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  2. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE), DIPI Laboratory, 58 Rue Jean Parot, 42023, Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France

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Ulianitsky, V., Shtertser, A., Zlobin, S. et al. Computer-Controlled Detonation Spraying: From Process Fundamentals Toward Advanced Applications. J Therm Spray Tech 20, 791–801 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-011-9649-6

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