Module overview
This Level 7 module provides advanced theoretical understanding and computational modelling skills to assess high-temperature structural degradation in aerospace, power generation, and automotive engineering. Students will learn the theory and underlying mathematical frameworks used to describe key mechanisms such as creep deformation, thermo-mechanical fracture and fatigue, oxidation, and hot corrosion, and will examine how these processes influence component integrity in demanding service environments. The analytical content is integrated with finite-element simulations in ABAQUS, enabling students to build, apply, and interpret computational models of high-temperature behaviour in real-life engineering components such as aeroengine turbine blades, rocket engine nozzles, and nuclear reactor structures. By the end of the module, students will be able to diagnose dominant high-temperature failure modes, apply appropriate constitutive and fracture models, and use simulation tools to support design and failure analysis in engineering.