Main topics of the Conference
Both engineers from industrial laboratories and research scientists are invited to contribute presentations related to multiaxial fatigue and fracture on any of the following topics:
- Loading
Constant amplitude (LCF, MCF, HCF); Variable amplitude and damage accumulation; Gigacycle fatigue; Thermal fatigue and creep; Contact fatigue; Proportional and non-proportional loading.
- Fracture Mechanics
Initiation and short crack growth; Mixed mode behaviour; Multiaxial fracture.
- Materials
Metallic; Non-metallic; Defects and inhomogeneities; Constitutive modeling; Damage mechanics.
- Testing and Applications
Design (notches and stress concentrations); Joined structures; Residual stresses; Case studies; Virtual simulation; Experimental verification.