Final Information for the VECF1
Proposers: Sabrina Vantadori, Andrea Carpinteri, Camilla Ronchei
Summary: Fracture failure (any failure caused by crack propagation under static loading) and fatigue failure (gradual crack propagation under time-varying loading) are among the most catastrophic failures that structures may experience, since they occur without any warning. When a structural component contains a stress concentrator, failure may be due to growth of a crack starting from the root of such a concentrator. Failure of structural components weakened by cracks and/or stress concentrators is a research topic examined by many experts, since it deals with a large number of applications in different engineering fields, and is becoming progressively more relevant for technological development of automobiles, aircrafts, pumps, turbines and so on. Significant contributions from engineers, metallurgists, material scientists are expected, allowing an interesting multidisciplinary discussion.
An iterative technique to assess the fatigue strength of notched components of arbitrary shape and size
(J.A. Balbin, V. Chaves, N. O. Larrosa, A. Navarro)