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SUMMARY:VHCF10 – 10th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue
DESCRIPTION:<h2><img src="https://vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/data/header/Banni
 ere_4.png" alt="10th International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue&g
 t\;" width="980" height="150"></h2><h2>When a billion cycles change the ru
 les</h2><p>From 14 to 16 April 2027\, the international Very High Cycle Fa
 tigue community returns to Paris—where this conference series began in 1
 998—for VHCF10. Hosted at the historic Arts et Métiers campus and co-or
 ganised with the Fatigue Commission of SF2M as part of its 16th Internatio
 nal Spring Meeting\, the conference connects fundamental fatigue science w
 ith the reliability challenges of components expected to survive hundreds 
 of millions or even billions of cycles.</p><p>VHCF10 brings together resea
 rchers\, engineers and industrial specialists from around the world. The p
 rogramme spans failure mechanisms beyond 10⁸ cycles\, advanced testing a
 nd characterisation\, modelling\, statistical design and applications acro
 ss aerospace\, automotive\, energy\, transport\, microelectronics and medi
 cal devices.</p><h3>Scientific focus and mini-symposia</h3><p>Alongside th
 e core themes of mechanisms\, experimental methods\, modelling and structu
 ral applications\, seven focused mini-symposia open the discussion to emer
 ging scientific and industrial questions:</p><ul><li>Grain refinement effe
 cts during high and very high cycle fatigue loading</li><li>Industrial cas
 e studies in aerospace\, automotive\, energy\, transport\, microelectronic
 s and medical devices</li><li>Very high cycle fatigue of additively manufa
 ctured materials</li><li>Advanced numerical simulation for very large numb
 ers of loading cycles</li><li>Very high cycle fatigue of polymer composite
 s</li><li>Developments in ultrasonic fatigue testing</li><li>Statistical m
 odelling\, defects and size effects in very high cycle fatigue</li></ul><h
 3>Plenary perspectives</h3><p>Five internationally recognised experts will
  connect frontier research with practical reliability—from high-temperat
 ure materials and internal crack growth to alloy design\, defect statistic
 s and data-driven prediction:</p><ul><li>Anja Weidner – VHCF at high tem
 peratures\, from 42CrMo4 steel to nickel-based superalloys</li><li>Takashi
  Nakamura – synchrotron X-ray CT of naturally initiated internal fatigue
  cracks</li><li>Tresa M. Pollock – designing fatigue-resistant structura
 l materials</li><li>Davide Paolino – size effects\, defects and statisti
 cal modelling in VHCF</li><li>Guian Qian – microstructure generation and
  fatigue-life prediction for additively manufactured alloys</li></ul><h3>I
 mportant dates</h3><ul><li><strong>21 September 2026: abstract submission 
 deadline</strong></li><li><strong>6 November 2026: notification of abstrac
 t acceptance</strong></li><li><strong>15 January 2027: early-bird registra
 tion deadline</strong></li><li><strong>15 February 2027: extended abstract
  submission deadline</strong></li><li><strong>14–16 April 2027: conferen
 ce in Paris</strong></li></ul><h3>Useful links</h3><ul><li><a href="https:
 //vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/">Conference website</a></li><li><a href="https:
 //vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/page/conference_topics?lang=en">Conference topic
 s and mini-symposia</a></li><li><a href="https://vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/p
 age/submission?lang=en">Abstract submission information</a></li><li><a hre
 f="https://vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/page/registration?lang=en">Registration
  and fees</a></li><li><a href="https://vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/page/import
 ant_dates?lang=en">Important dates</a></li><li><a href="https://vhcf10.sci
 encesconf.org/page/conference_venue?lang=en">Venue and travel</a></li><li>
 <a href="https://vhcf10.sciencesconf.org/data/FlyerVHCF10_2.pdf">Download 
 the conference flyer</a></li></ul><p><strong>Venue: École Nationale Supé
 rieure d'Arts et Métiers\, 155 boulevard de l'Hôpital\, 75013 Paris\, Fr
 ance.</strong></p>
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LOCATION:Arts et Métiers Paris\, 155 boulevard de l'Hôpital\, 75013 Paris
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