CPD course: Residual Stresses in Thermal Spray Coatings (RSTSC)

This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training course is approved by The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). This course provides an understanding of the residual stresses in thermal spray coatings, and broad coverage of general residual stress testing of thermal spray coatings. This course is delivered in partnership with Heriot-Watt University.

Measurement of residual stress in thermal spray coatings plays an important part in the evaluation of coating quality.

This course will provide an insight into recent advances in and an understanding of the residual stresses in thermal spray coatings. Together with broad coverage of residual stress measurement, the course will include various thermal spray methods, the origin of residual stresses and material and thermal spray process parameters and methods to measure residual stresses in thermal spray coatings.

Examining residual stress observations, the course will help you to understand contributing factors such as powder materials, substrate, heat & thermodynamics, elastic/plastic deformation properties, phase transformations, stress gradients, different methods to measure residual stresses and finally management of residual stresses in thermally sprayed components.