DETECTION AND EVALUATION OF DELAMINATION USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION METHOD IN THERMALLY SPRAYED COATING UNDER TENSILE STRESS
AE was measured under a static tensile load for the thermally sprayed ceramic coating in order to investigate the relationship between the detected m-value and the destruction (delamination) of the sprayed coating. This was an effective method to detect and evaluate the delamination of a sprayed coating based on the m-value, because changes of the m-value were closely related in thermally sprayed coatings. Stress level of the delamination analyzed by AE method was almost the same as that predicted by the ESPI method. The generation of delamination was confirmed by cross-section observation of the coating using both stress levels. Therefore, the ESPI method seems to be an effective way to define and evaluate the delamination of sprayed coating determine.