Valid for: 2017/18
Decided by: PLED M
Date of Decision: 2017-04-05
Elective for: M4, N4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand
The course aims to provide the student with a deep and broad understanding of high temperature materials and their behaviour under different operating conditions.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course deals with materials for high temperature applications and considers the phenomena and problems associated with the use of materials at high temperatures. High Temperature behaviour of Materials: Plasticity, Fatigue, Creep, Oxidation and Corrosion. Refractory Metals, Inter-metallic, Stainless Steel, Nickel and Cobalt-based Superalloys, Ceramics and Cermets for High Temperature Applications. Alloy Theory, Heat Treatment and Hardening Mechanisms. Oxidation Resistant and Thermal Barrier Coatings.
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written examination, obligatory laboratory experiments, assignments, project report.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Required prior knowledge: FKM015 Materials Engineering, Basic Course or KASF10 Functional Materials.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Professor Srinivasan Iyengar, Srinivasan.Iyengar@material.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.material.lth.se
Further information: The course is offered every alternate year (2018, 2020...) during the last quarter of the spring term.