High Temperature Materials
Högtemperaturmaterial

FKMN10, 7.5 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2025/26
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED M
Date of Decision: 2025-04-24
Effective: 2025-05-05

General Information

Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Elective for: F4, M4, MPRR1, N4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

Aim

The course aims to provide the student with a deep and broad understanding of high temperature materials and their behavior under different operating conditions such as in fuel cells, molten salt management, and turbine structures.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate an understanding of high temperature phenomena, their mechanisms and associated challenges and difficulties in the use of materials at elevated temperatures.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate the ability to plan and conduct experimental studies on the mechanical behaviour of materials and their interactions with the environment at elevated temperatures.
• demonstrate the ability to develop engineering materials with desired properties at high temperatures.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• show the ability to analyse the high temperature behaviour of materials.
• show the ability to find the necessary data for using materials at high temperatures.
• show the ability to carry out projects in collaboration with others in a group.

Contents

This course focuses on materials designed for high-temperature applications, exploring the associated phenomena and challenges. Emphasizing green technologies, the course covers critical areas such as fuel cells, molten salt management, and turbine structures.

Key topics include the high-temperature behavior of materials, addressing aspects like plasticity, fatigue, creep, oxidation, and corrosion. The course also delves into various materials suitable for high-temperature environments, including refractory metals, inter-metallic compounds, stainless steel, nickel and cobalt-based superalloys, ceramics, and cermets.

Additionally, the course examines alloy theory, heat treatment processes, and hardening mechanisms, as well as oxidation-resistant and thermal barrier coatings essential for these applications.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment:

Written examination, written assignments and compulsory experimental exercises.

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.

Modules
Code: 0109. Name: High Temperature Materials.
Credits: 7.5. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5).

Admission

Assumed prior knowledge: Materials Engineering, Basic Course and/or Advanced Materials Technology and Linear Algebra, Calculus in One Variable, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics and a course in Physics.
The number of participants is limited to: No

Reading list

• Meetham, G. W. & M. H. Van de Voorde: Materials for High Temperature Engineering Applications. Springer-Verlag New York, 2000, ISBN: 3-540-66861-6.

Contact

Course coordinator: Filip Lenrick, filip.lenrick@iprod.lth.se
Examinator: Filip Lenrick, filip.lenrick@iprod.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.iprod.lth.se/english/education/courses/