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VHCF9 | 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue

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June 26 - June 28, 2024
- Lisbon (PORTUGAL)
VHCF9 | 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue
The 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of relevant scientific and technical developments in the field of fatigue and fracture of materials. The scientific program is divided into thematic sessions for the different research areas and a series of plenary lectures by internationally renowned researchers, namely:



1. Fundamentals, physics, and mechanisms

1.1 Mechanisms of crack initiation
1.2 Nonpropagating cracks and growth of short and long cracks
1.3 Modeling of fatigue damage and damage accumulation
1.4 HCF vs VHCF mechanisms
1.5 Material databases and application systems

2. Parameters

2.1 Influence of microstructure, defects, and notches
2.2 Influence of environment and temperature
2.3 Effect of mean, residual, and variable stresses
2.4 Effect of various stress conditions under torsional, multiaxial, and fretting loading
2.5 Effect of surface treatment
2.6 Frequency effect
2.7 Size effect

3. Experimental methods and analyses

3.1 Fatigue testing machines and instrumentations
3.2 Prognosis and health monitoring
3.3 Nondestructive inspection and analyses
3.4 Artificial intelligence
3.5 Analysis of material databases
3.6 Artificial neural networks

4. Applications of components and structures

4.1 Statistical and probabilistic modeling and development of life estimation models
4.2 Actual structures and their components
4.3 Additive manufactured components
4.4 Composite materials and structures