Fatigue and Fracture – Theory and Applications

Conference topics:

• Advanced testing and evaluation techniques
• Analytical Models
• Applications to components and structures
• Corrosion, environmentally enhanced degradation and cracking, corrosion fatigue
• Cyclic deformation and crack initiation
• Damage mechanics and models
• Databases, expert systems and software
• Durability and life extension of structures and components
• Failure investigation and analysis
• Failure of nanomaterials and nanostructures
• Fatigue and fracture of polymers, elastomers, composites and biomaterials
• Fatigue and fracture of weldments, welded components, joints and adhesives
• Fatigue and fracture simulation and testing at all length scales
• Fatigue crack path prediction
• Finite elements methods and their application
• Fracture and damage of cementitious materials
• Fracture and failure criteria
• Fretting fatigue and wear
• Low, medium and high cycle fatigue
• Macro scale fatigue prognosis techniques
• Microstructure scale computational modeling
• Mixed-mode and multiaxial fatigue and fracture
• Models, criteria and methods in fracture mechanics
• Multiscale materials modeling
• Non-destructive evaluation (NDE)
• Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics
• Reliability and integrity of engineering structures
• Residual stress effects
• Structural integrity assessment
• Structural integrity of 3D-printed structures
• Surface treatment and failure resistance improvement