Research Article

Adaptive Control of the Atmospheric Plasma Spray Process for Functionally Graded Thermal Barrier Coatings

Table 2

Values of the coefficients of the response functions of the outputs in equation (20).

Output, Number of samples

Single injection using NiCrAlY powder,
Mean axial velocity,1000.450.750.130.35−0.59−0.340.99
2000.380.660.130.36−0.54−0.310.99
3000.380.670.150.32−0.54−0.320.99
Number averaged z-locations of NiCrAlY,1000.710.480.060.23−0.94−0.130.99
2000.840.400.040.20−0.85−0.100.98
3000.770.420.060.19−0.84−0.100.98

Single injection using ZrO2 powder,
Mean axial velocity,1000.330.790.180.41−0.42−0.370.99
2000.280.610.150.34−0.34−0.280.98
3000.240.780.210.39−0.42−0.370.99
Number averaged z-locations of ZrO2,1000.720.490.060.24−0.98−0.100.99
2000.820.410.050.21−0.88−0.060.98
3000.760.410.050.19−0.87−0.070.98