SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THERMAL SPRAY MATERIALS  PROCESSING

A Graduate Course in Materials Science and Engineering  
at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

under the auspices of the NSF Center for Thermal Spray Research

ESM 696, 3 Credits

Coodinating Faculty and Instructor: Prof.S.Sampath

Day and Time: TBD

Course Objective:

To provide a framework for class/laboratory based instruction of 
thermal spray processes, materials and application engineering methods.  

This will be a lecture/seminar  type class which will consist of 
regular lectures by the instructor and key faculty from Materials Science 
and Engineering Department (principally Profs.Herman and Berndt) combined 
with focused discussions on fundamental and applied aspects based on current 
research and product engineering efforts.  Guest lectures from industry and 
other sectors will be included.

A total of 12 classes will be held distributed over the spring semester.   
Each class will last approximately 2.5 to 3 hrs depending on the extent 
of laboratory activities.   The class will be held at maximum of one day 
a week.

The following topics are planned.

1. Thermal Spraying: A historical perspective    (Herman)
   Basic principles and process classifications   (Sampath)
   Feedstock materials

2. Particle Flame Interactions: Physics and practical issues (Sampath, Gitzhofer, Wan)

3. Deposit Formation Dynamics; Splat formation & microstructure development (Sampath, Wang)

4. Laboratory: A: Process demonstrations
   B: Particle diagnostics
   C: Splat studies

5. Phase, microstructure and imperfections (Herman, Sampath)
   Residual stresses: origin and control (Sampath, Matijicek)
 
6. Adhesion and mechanical properties   (Berndt)

7. Laboratory: A: Microstructure/Porosity (Sampath)
               B: Mechanical Testing (Berndt)
   
8. Process Engineering/Parametrization/Control (Neiser ?)
   Include Laboratory demonstration

9. Process Modeling (Prasad, Wang, Zhang, Wan)

10. Advanced  Applications, systems engineering (TBD?)
    Process cost analysis

11. Emerging concepts: FGMs (Sampath)
    Polymers (Brogan)
    Cold Spray (Kowalsky)

12. Case studies (Industry based).
    or possible field trip to spray shop (Engelhard ?)

Audience:
Graduate students, post-docs
Industrial personnel

back to Stony Brook's Materials Science and Engineering department.

01/23/98 JQ.