Conference topics

Fundamentals, physics, and mechanisms

1. Mechanisms of crack initiation
2. Nonpropagating cracks and growth of short and long cracks
3. Modeling of fatigue damage and damage accumulation
4. HCF vs VHCF mechanisms
5. Material databases and application systems

Parameters

1. Influence of microstructure, defects, and notches
2. Influence of environment and temperature
3. Effect of mean, residual, and variable stresses
4. Effect of various stress conditions under torsional, multiaxial, and fretting loading
5. Effect of surface treatment
6. Frequency effect
7. Size effect

Experimental methods and analyses

1. Fatigue testing machines and instrumentations
2. Prognosis and health monitoring
3. Nondestructive inspection and analyses
4. Artificial intelligence
5. Analysis of material databases
6. Artificial neural networks

Applications of components and structures

1. Statistical and probabilistic modeling and development of life estimation models
2. Actual structures and their components
3. Additive manufactured components
4. Composite materials and structures