After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the property requirements for high-temperature applications of alloys: Knowledge of physical properties and mechanisms in materials and their effects on phases and microstructure evolution and mechanical properties under thermal/mechanical load.

Requirements for high-temperature materials, typical alloy systems, creep, high-temperature fatigue, high-temperature corrosion, microstructure evolution, applications of material groups, e.g. steel, Ni-base alloys, intermetallics, refractory metals, thermal diffuison barrier coatings, High-Entropy Alloys.

Powerpoint presentation, white board, computer presentations of materials simulations. 

At the beginning of each lecture unit short summary of previous lecture, giving the students the possibility to clarify open points and to ask in-depth questions. At the end of each lecture unit there is a short question and answer session.

Language: English

Oral individual exams in several dates per semester. The first date of exam takes place approx. 2 weeks after the end of lecture. A list of typical examination questions is handed out to the students after the end of lecture for optimum preparation for the exam.

Duration of exam: 10 minutes preparation time after handing out the examination sheet, followed by 20 minutes of examination.