Numerical Modelling for Oblique Impacts With Ductile Material Particle Erosion During Cold Gas Dynamic Spray
Abstract Another key parameter that affects the coating deposition efficiency of cold gas dynamic spray technology is the contact angle. The particle tangential sliding on the substrate at impact is due to the gas flow bow shock at a supersonic velocity which is liable for the erosion at the surface of the substrate. This study presented a finite element approach of a numerical model to investigate the profile of the deformed sprayed particles under the condition of oblique impact and the erosion mechanism for solid particle impact on ductile material during Cold Gas Dynamic spray. In the numerical modelling of cold gas dynamic spray (CGDS) by a Lagrangian approach that was developed, oblique erodent particle on the substrate at controlled contact angle (10°–90°), velocity (500 m/s) and friction coefficient (0.3) was simulated. It was discovered that in the substrate, the crater depth decreases as well as the area of contact between the substrate and the deformed particles when the contact angle increases at the same impacting conditions. The material removal and crack formation mechanism were also simulated successfully by the accumulation of residual strain that resulted in the dynamic detachment of material elements at the surface as they fail.