The paper presents the results of an investigation and analysis of the geometrical structure of Fe-Al intermetallic protective coatings sprayed under specified gun detonation spraying (GDS) conditions. As GDS variable parameters there were applied two different barrel lengths and two powder injection position (PIP) at the moment of spark detonation as well as two different number of GDS shots with 6.66 Hz frequency.
The measurements of the surface's profile were carried out through means of contact profilometry, in which case TOPO-01 system and Mitutoyo SJ 210 profilometer were applied. On the basis of the measurements conducted the analysis of in two-dimensional (2D) and spatial (3D) systems was made possible. The authors assumed that roughness can be considered as a non-stationary parameter of variance of surface amplitude, which is highly dependent on the sampling rate and length of an elementary segments. Therefore, the changes in the amplitude parameters and functional properties of the surface at different lengths of measuring segments (ln), respectively: 1.25, 4 and 12.5 mm, were analyzed. In the analysis of the degree of development of the geometric structure of the surface, the RMS (Root Mean Square) fractal method was used, with an assessment of the geometric structure of the surface stretched over several size levels, taking into account the correlation between the roughness parameter Rq, the measuring length (ln) and the fractal dimension (D). The application of the RMS method with the determination of the fractal dimension (D) allowed for the characterization of the geometric structure of intermetallic Fe-Al protective coatings detonation sprayed under specific conditions of the GDS process - based on the surface roughness profiles of different measured length (ln).
Research undertaken within the framework of project No. 2015/19 / B / ST8 / 02000 subsidized by the National Science Center of Poland.
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