History
Following the groundbreaking findings of the 1980s on internal fatigue fractures in high-strength steel under numerous loading cycles, Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF) was recognized as a new and unprecedented problem in the field of material strength. Nowadays, the requirements for mechanical components and structures are becoming more and more demanding, as shown by the new standards for car engines, marine engines, turbine structures, high-speed railroad components, etc., and reliability to cyclic loads higher than 107 is considered as one of the most important issues for strength development. Therefore, a better understanding of VHCF behavior not only for metallic materials but also for polymers and composites is critical for the development of reliable fatigue life prediction methods. VHCF9 will focus on this topic, building on the successful series of previous conferences: VHCF1 1998, in Paris - France; VHCF2 2001, in Vienna - Austria; VHCF3 2004, in Kusatsu - Japan; VHCF4 2007, in Ann Arbor - USA; VHCF5 2011, in Berlin - Germany; VHCF6 2014, in Chengdu - China; VHCF7 2017, in Dresden - Germany; and VHCF8 2021, in Sapporo - Japan.
