Numerical simulations of temperature and stress distribution in thermal barrier coatings in the context of differences in input data values - external ceramic layer

The article presents the research results on the impact of differences in input data values concerning materials used in thermal barrier coating systems on the results of simulations using the finite element method of temperature distribution and Huber-Mises equivalent stresses. Literature data on basic physical quantities important from the point of view of modelling, i.e. thermal conductivity coefficient, linear expansion coefficient, specific heat, density, Poisson fraction and Young's modulus, were reviewed. It has been shown that the data is characterised by a very wide range of values, which makes the issue of the final simulation results debatable. The study performed a simple statistical analysis of the available data for the 8YSZ compound, using the minimum, maximum, mean, and median values to simulate deadness. It was found that the results of the obtained simulations with the use of these data differ fundamentally from each other.