The twelfth biennial International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials will be held in scenic Cape Cod at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Hyannis, Massachusetts from the 16-21 September 2018.

This prestigious and long running conference will bring together delegates from around the world to discuss how to characterize, predict, and analyze the fatigue damage of structural materials.

The conference will maintain its unique and traditional format of single-session 30 min oral presentations that facilitates sufficient time for a thorough technical presentation, follow-up discussions, and collegial debate of the cutting edge issues in the field of fatigue.

The entire conference program is deliberately scheduled with equal significance to our poster sessions, themed in relation to the oral presentations, and assessed for awards via a peer review process. Furthermore, all delegates are strongly encouraged to submit a paper to be published in a conference specific Special Issue of International Journal of Fatigue.

We welcome our colleagues to join us once again in the charming and historic city of Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod; our returning delegates will be delighted to find that we are transitioning to an updated and modern venue. We are excited to invite members of the domestic and international fatigue community to join us (again or for the first time) as we continue to advance the knowledge and understanding of the mechanics, materials, environmental, and computational aspects of fatigue damage in structural materials.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 5 April 2018

Oral and poster abstracts are now invited on the below topics. They should be submitted using the online abstract submission system: https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/international-conference-on-fatigue-damage-of-structural-materials/submit-abstract

Conference Topics:
Environmental Cracking
High Temperature Cracking
Advanced Crack Characterization Techniques
Atomistic-to-Microstructure Scale Computational Modelling
Microstructural Origins of Crack Formation and Propagation
Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Materials
Loading Protocol Effects (e.g. multi-axial, variable amplitude, thermo-mechanical, contact fatigue)
Effects of Materials Modification (e.g. welds, shot peening)
Next Generation Crack Tip Mechanics