Acoustic emission monitoring and damage mode discrimination of APS thermal barrier coatings under high temperature CMAS corrosion

Molten calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS) corrosion is the most dangerous failure mode for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). The real-time monitoring and mode discrimination of the corrosion failure process are desirable to understand the corrosion failure mechanism of TBCs. In this paper, the failure mechanism of the TBCs subjected to molten CMAS attack is investigated with acoustic emission (AE). Based on the number and amplitude, and...