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FMH3616 Damage Development at Elevated Temperature 9.0 credits

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Aim
When using materials at high temperature, the microstructure changes in different ways. For example, the precipitate structure is coarsened, and cavities and cracks are formed. These changes are referred to as material damage because they impair the properties and reduce the material's lifetime. The aim of the course is to create an understanding of material damage and knowledge of how to model it, so that its occurrence can be minimized.

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus FMH3616 (Autumn 2020–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course disposition

The course consists of homework, discussions at seminars and computer exercises.

Course contents

  • Creep deformation and fracture. Oxidation and high-temperature corrosion. Cavitation
  • Stress analysis. Reference stress concepts
  • Linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics
  • Dislocation mechanisms. Damage development
  • Finite-temperature methods

Intended learning outcomes

After completing the course the student should be able to:

  • Understand the mechanisms and existing models of damage in materials at elevated temperature
  • Formulate own models and apply them in research studies aimed at minimizing damage development

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Admitted to doctoral studies within the subject of Materials Science.

Recommended prerequisites

Basic material science knowledge.

Equipment

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Literature

G. A. Webster and R. A. Ainsworth, High temperature component life assessment, Chapman & Hall, London (1994).

Lecture notes

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • TEN1 - Written exam, 9.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Profile picture Pavel Korzhavy

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ITM/Materials Science and Engineering

Main field of study

This course does not belong to any Main field of study.

Education cycle

Third cycle

Add-on studies

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Supplementary information

The course FMH3616 replaces the course F4H5616 Damage Development at Elevated Temperature, from Autumn 2020.

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate courses at ITM/Materials Science and Engineering