Objective The project proposes a detailed investigation of certain industrial systems for the production of plasma spraying coatings to improve the understanding of the process of coating formation and so build more reliable correlations between the process parameters that can be directly controlled and the quality of coatings produced.To this end a combined experimental and theoretical programme is set out. A limited set of coatings will be manufactured under control specifications and they will be analysed and characterised in various laboratories using several techniques. Physical models and simulation techniques will be developed to model the process as a whole and to correlate the process parameters with the coating characteristics.The programme will make comparisons between experimental results and theoretical modelling at all stages of the work. We will use the knowledge gained from the correlations between the process parameters and the quality of coatings to build an expert system to be used both as an intelligent database containing knowledge gained in the present project and as a prototype tool for coating fabrication.This project proposes a detailed investigation of certain industrial systems for the production of plasma-spraying coatings to improve the understanding of the process of coating formation and so build more reliable correlations between the process parameters that can be directly controlled and the quality of coatings produced. To this end a combined experimentation and theoretical programme is set out: -a limited set of coatings will be manufactured under control specifications -they will be analyzed and characterized in various laboratories with several techniques -physical models and simulation techniques will be developed to model the process as a whole and to correlate the process parameters with the coating characteristics. The programme will compare between experimental results and theoretical modelling at all stages of the work. We will use the knowledge gained on the correlations between the process parameters and the quality of coatings to build an expert system to be used both as an intelligent data base of the knowledge produced in the present project and as a prototype tool for coating fabrication. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systemsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films Programme(s) FP2-BRITE/EURAM 1 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the fields of industrial manufacturing technologies and advanced materials applications (BRITE/EURAM), 1989-1992 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Università degli Studi di Trento EU contribution No data Address Via Mesiano 77 38050 Povo di Trento Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales - ONERA France EU contribution No data Address 29, avenue de la Division Leclerc 2320 CHATILLON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germany EU contribution No data Address Pfaffenwaldring 27 70569 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Harwell Laboratory OX11 0RA Didcot See on map Total cost No data Université de Limoges France EU contribution No data Address 123 avenue Albert Thomas 87060 Limoges See on map Total cost No data