VHCF9 | 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue
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June 26 - June 28, 2024
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Lisbon (PORTUGAL)
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 initiation1.2 Nonpropagating cracks and growth of short and long cracks1.3 Modeling of fatigue damage and damage accumulation1.4 HCF vs VHCF mechanisms1.5 Material databases and application systems
2. Parameters
2.1 Influence of microstructure, defects, and notches2.2 Influence of environment and temperature2.3 Effect of mean, residual, and variable stresses2.4 Effect of various stress conditions under torsional, multiaxial, and fretting loading2.5 Effect of surface treatment2.6 Frequency effect2.7 Size effect
3. Experimental methods and analyses
3.1 Fatigue testing machines and instrumentations3.2 Prognosis and health monitoring3.3 Nondestructive inspection and analyses3.4 Artificial intelligence3.5 Analysis of material databases3.6 Artificial neural networks
4. Applications of components and structures
4.1 Statistical and probabilistic modeling and development of life estimation models4.2 Actual structures and their components4.3 Additive manufactured components4.4 Composite materials and structures
2. Parameters
2.1 Influence of microstructure, defects, and notches
3. Experimental methods and analyses
3.1 Fatigue testing machines and instrumentations
4. Applications of components and structures
4.1 Statistical and probabilistic modeling and development of life estimation models