High-temperature Structural Materials

Conventional materials, such as nickel based alloys, will not be able to match the required performance specifications for the future generation of high temperature materials. This book reviews the characteristics and potential of a wide range of candidate superalloy replacements, such as ceramics, intermetallics, and their composites. Particular attention is devoted to the problems of processing and design with these materials. Front Matter....Pages i-x Nickel-base superalloys: current status and potential....Pages 1-15 Materials requirements for high-Temperature structures in the 21st century....Pages 17-31 Materials selection to resist creep....Pages 33-50 Reliability of structural ceramics....Pages 51-65 Ceramic matrix composites....Pages 67-78 Multiphase intermetallics....Pages 79-91 Ceramics and ceramic composites as high-temperature structural materials: challenges and opportunities....Pages 93-109 Quantum mechanical predictions in intermetallics modelling....Pages 111-124 Phase diagram calculations for high-temperature structural materials....Pages 125-143 Process modelling and microstructure....Pages 145-159 Mechanical testing of high-temperature materials: modelling data-scatter....Pages 161-176 Effect of matrix cracking on the overall thermal conductivity of fibre-reinforced composites....Pages 177-192 High-temperature mechanism-based design....Pages 193-205 Back Matter....Pages 207-211