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PHOENICS,4 used by, e.g. Eichert et al. (1998); ESTET,5 used by, e.g. Dussoubs et al. (1997); FLUENT6 , used by, e.g. Bolot et al. (2004); Jets and Poudres7 , used by, e.g. Dyshlovenko et al. (2004, 2006).

Some examples of modelling methods are collected in Table 5.1. Typical profiles of temperatures and velocities of an Ar + H2 plasma used in atmospheric plasma spraying are shown in Figure 5.5.

Y (mm)

Velocity in m/s 50 100

200 50 40 0 0 300 600 10 000 0.02 5000 0.04 2 0 7000 4000 2 3000

0.06

0.08

0.1 X (m)

2000

Xinj = 0.005 m

Temperature in K

1000

Figure 5.5 Calculated profiles of the temperatures and velocities of a plasma jet generated by an F-4 torch (details of the calculations are shown in Table 5.1)

Experimental Determination of the Properties of jets and flames The following properties of jets/flames, used in thermal spraying, are experimentally tested:

4 5

The Phoenics Reference Manual, CHAM/TR200, CHAM, London, UK. Mattei, J.D. and Ouraou, M., EDF Report HE 44/93.20, EDF-LNH, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France. 6 FLUENT Inc., Lebanon, NH, USA. 7 Jets and Poudres can be downloaded from: [http://jets.poudres.free.fr].