found: Work cat.: Computational modeling of failure in thermal barrier coatings under cyclic thermal loads, 2009.
found: Wikipedia, Mar. 10, 2010(Thermal barrier coatings; are highly advanced material systems usually applied to metallic surfaces, such as gas turbine or aero-engine parts, operating at elevated temperatures, as a form of Exhaust Heat Management; these coatings serve to insulate components from large and prolonged heat loads by utilizing thermally insulating materials which can sustain an appreciable temperature difference between the load bearing alloys and the coating surface)
found: Reinhold H. Dauskardt Research Group, Stanford University, web site, Mar. 10, 2010(Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC); are used in a variety of industries to protect load bearing substrates from severe temperature and chemical environments)
