Abstract
The knowledge of thermal fluxes transferred from impinging high temperature jets is always important. For example, during thermal spray applications, the impinging jet acts directly on the transient surface temperature of the substrate. For preheating applications, it acts on the time required to reach the required surface temperature. It is also important to estimate it for some other applications like thermal cycling tests of parts for example. In the present paper, both CFD computations and experiments were carried out in order to quantify thermal fluxes from an impinging HVOF jet. The case of a CDS gun fueled by natural gas was considered. Stand-off distances ranging from 50 mm up to 300 mm were investigated. The model incorporates a 2-layer extension to k-å models for a better estimation of thermal exchanges through the viscous layer on the front body surface. The experiments were performed using a system incorporating two square calorimeters positioned one beside the other in order to attempt defining a radial profile. Abstract only; no full-text paper available.
