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11 - Case Studies on Hard Coating Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2023

Yong Du ,
Rainer Schmid-Fetzer ,
Jincheng Wang ,
Shuhong Liu ,
Jianchuan Wang  and
Zhanpeng Jin
Yong Du
Affiliation:
Central South University, China
Rainer Schmid-Fetzer
Affiliation:
Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
Jincheng Wang
Affiliation:
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Shuhong Liu
Affiliation:
Central South University, China
Jianchuan Wang
Affiliation:
Central South University, China
Zhanpeng Jin
Affiliation:
Central South University, China
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Summary

In Chapter 11, first an introduction to cutting tools is presented, followed by case studies for two hard coatings. For the TiAlN PVD coating case, we describe how to adjust the formation of metastable phase, select the deposition temperature, and manipulate microstructure to obtain desired mechanical properties through first-principles calculations and thermodynamic calculations. The deposition of the TiAlN/TiN and TiAlN/ZrN multilayer guided by first-principles calculations is also briefly mentioned. For the TiCN CVD coating, we demonstrate that computed CVD phase diagrams can accurately describe phases and their compositions under the given temperature, total pressure, and pressures of various gases. Subsequently, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to provide temperature field, velocity, and distributions of various gases inside the CVD reactor. From that information, calculations-designed experiments were conducted and TiCN coatings were deposited highly efficiently. These simulation-driven designs for the hard coatings have found industrial applications in just two years, much quicker compared to the costly experimental approach.

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Hard coatingcutting toolsphysical vapor depositionchemical vapor depositionFavre averaged equationsCVD phase diagramthermodynamic calculationsphase-field methodcomputational fluid dynamicsmechanical properties
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Computational Design of Engineering Materials
Fundamentals and Case Studies
 , pp. 370 - 401
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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