The 6th International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICSI2025) will take place in Funchal, Madeira, from September 1 to 4, 2025, at the Pestana Casino Park Hotel & Casino, the location where it began 11 years ago. This venue, with stunning panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean, is just a short walk from central Funchal. ICSI addresses all aspects and scales of structural integrity, from fundamental principles to emerging trends, with a particular emphasis on multi-scale and multi-physics approaches and applications to new materials and challenging environments. The conference will provide a forum for discussing current research trends in structural integrity, with relevance to aeronautics, space, and other engineering sectors where structural integrity is a key concern.
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9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF9)
The 9th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue, VHCF9, will be held in Lisbon in 2024. The conference aims to provide a forum for discussing scientific and technical developments in the field of material fatigue and fracture. The scientific program will be divided into thematic sessions covering various research areas and will include a series of plenary lectures by internationally renowned researchers. The conference seeks to ensure that the research results presented, along with the ensuing discussions, will serve as a reference for future research directions and developments. Additionally, it aims to foster collaboration among researchers, engineers, experts, and students from around the world.
International Congress on Fatigue 22+1
The 13th International Fatigue Conference took place in Hiroshima, Japan, from November 6 to 10. This conference, specifically dedicated to the subject of fatigue, was established in 1981 under the initiative of Professor A.F. Blom from Sweden. The first congress was held in Stockholm, and since then, it has been organized every three years in different cities, until it returned to Stockholm in 2002. In light of other major conferences, such as the International Conference on Mechanical Behavior of Materials (ICM) and the International Conference on Fracture (ICF), which are held every four years, the International Fatigue Congress transitioned to a four-year cycle starting in 2002. Since then, it has been held in various locations, including Atlanta in 2006, with the most recent prior meeting in Poitiers, France, in 2018. The Congress brings together scientists and engineers engaged in experimental, theoretical, and characterization research on fatigue fracture mechanisms, providing a unique environment for exchanging discoveries, ideas, and experiences in the field.
European Conference on Fracture 2024
The 24th European Conference on Fracture (ECF24), organized by the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Zagreb, was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from August 26 to 30, 2024. ECF24 continues the tradition of the highly successful ECF conference series, established in 1976 and held biennially ever since. It is one of the major conferences in the fields of fatigue, fracture, and structural integrity, all of which are of paramount scientific and technological importance. Over 650 abstracts were accepted for presentation at ECF24. The conference aimed to unite scientists and engineers from across the globe to discuss methods for characterizing, analyzing, predicting, and assessing the fatigue and fracture of structural materials and components.
8th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue
The Eighth International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF8) was held online and on-demand from July 5 to 9, 2021. Following the epoch-making findings of the 1980s regarding internal fatigue fractures in high-strength steel under numerous loading cycles, very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) has emerged as an unprecedented issue in materials strength. Today, the requirements for mechanical components and structures are increasingly demanding, as evidenced by new standards for automobile engines, marine engines, turbine structures, high-speed railway components, and more. Reliability against cyclic loading greater than 107 cycles is now regarded as one of the most critical aspects of strength design. Thus, an improved understanding of VHCF behavior—both in metallic materials and in polymers and composites—is essential for developing reliable fatigue life prediction methods. VHCF8 focused on this topic, building on the success of previous conferences: VHCF1 in 1998, in Paris; VHCF2 in 2001, in Vienna; VHCF3 in 2004, in Kusatsu; VHCF4 in 2007, in Ann Arbor; VHCF5 in 2011, in Berlin; VHCF6 in 2014, in Chengdu; and VHCF7 in 2017, in Dresden.