TH ACCESS TO & FUTUROSCOPE IMPORTANT DATES THE 12 INTERNATIONAL BY TRAIN: th Abstract submission: September 30 , 2017 ATIGUE ONGRESS Poitiers is at by TGV (high speed th F C 90 minutes from Notification of acceptance: December 20 , 2017 train) with 2 stations: TGV Station on Futuroscope area and th Full papers: March 25 , 2018 Poitiers railway station from 8 km to Futuroscope. PROCEEDINGS Departure to Montparnasse station (Paris centre) or the Authors will have the possibility to publish their work. The TGV station of Charles de Gaulle Airport (4 links per day – papers will be peer-reviewed and published in MATEC Web May 27th, June 1st, 2018, 2h30) of Conferences (open access) BY THE ROAD: LANGUAGE Poitiers, Motorway A10, exit n°28– 200 miles from Paris English is the official language of the Congress and must be BY PLANE: used for abstracts, papers and presentations. Second Announcement & Call for Papers The airport of Poitiers-Biard is 10 km from Futuroscope and has daily national connections with Lyon (hub for Congress Secretariat: CONFERENCE FEES : connexion with European destinations). It has also THE CONFERENCE FEE OF APPROX. 750 € WILL COVER: SF2M international links with London (direct 1h flight). • Conference proceedings 28 rue Saint Dominique, F-75007 PARIS (Final program, Book of abstracts) Tel: +33 (0)1 46 33 08 00 • Welcome reception Mail: [email protected] • Coffee breaks • Lunch (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri) www.fatigue2018.com • Conference dinner (templates, on-line submission, up-to-date information…) ACCOMMODATION: Discount fees for student Two hotels with 560 rooms are located in the close vicinity of the Convention Centre and about 900 rooms within a walking distance of 10 minutes: The Plaza Hotel (265 VENUE room), Alteora Hotel (295 rooms) Since it opened in 1987, The Futuroscope Park has received almost 30 million visitors, making it the second largest attractions park in France. There are over 20 theme-based attraction areas spread across 60 hectares and a combined hotel capacity of 1,500 rooms throughout the Futuroscope Convention site. Centre

Plaza Hotel Alteora Hotel Fatigue Committee Futuroscope Technology Park is a 200-hectare technology With the support of: A number of rooms of various categories at special rates complex, a unique site of outstanding regional will be booked in the Futuroscope area and downtown development, a centre of work and learning for 15,000 Poitiers (Ranging from 50 to 150 € approx.). employees and researchers combining training centres, There will be a possibility to extend the stay in the area laboratories, over 160 businesses, an international (Loire Valley, La Rochelle and the Atlantic Coast, Bordeaux convention centre. and the vineyards…) by the adjacent weekends, with the help of the Tourist Office (www.tourisme-.com). INVITATION APPROACHES COMMITTEES We are extremely pleased to announce the 12th • 3D approach of fatigue damage Congress Chair • International Fatigue Congress which will be held in Advanced experimental methods to characterize Chair : G. HÉNAFF th st Poitiers, France from May, 27 to June, 1 2018. deformation and damage processes Co-Chair : • Damage evaluation and Fatigue design On the occasion of its return in Europe, the Congress will be C. GARDIN C. SARRAZIN-BAUDOUX • Development of new models and numerical hosted for the first time in France, and more precisely on Y. NADOT P. VILLECHAISE simulation approaches the Futuroscope area located in the “Grand Poitiers” metropolitan area. • Fatigue behaviour modelling and simulation This venue, with its unique mixture of cultural heritage and • Fatigue life prediction IFC Steering Committee modernity, will constitute a memorable experience for all • Fatigue loading A.F. BLOM R. O. RITCHIE attendees. • Integrated Computational Materials Engineering S. W. JOHNSON K. TANAKA The Organizing Committee will also help delegates who • Life extension L. KUNZ X. R. WU • wish to extend their stay by proposing tours with many Statistical approach of the durability Local Organizing Committee outstanding attractions. SF2M Fatigue technical committee The Fatigue 2018 Congress will be the twelfth in a series of MATERIALS AND PROCESSES major international conferences held since 1981. This series • Additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy aims to provide a discussion forum for both fundamental • Biomaterials International Scientific Committee aspects and practical applications of fatigue, covering all • Casting A. ARAUJO (Brasil) Y.-W. MAI (Australia) aspects of fatigue, all type of materials, and all fields of • Composites M. BACHE (UK) D.L. MC DOWELL (USA) interest (transportation, energy, electronics, civil • Concretes, geomaterials J. BELZUNCE (Spain) F. MOREL (France) engineering, medicine…). More precisely, potential authors • Deformation (Forging, extrusion, cold working,…) S. BERETTA (Italy) H. MUGHRABI (Germany) are invited to submit an abstract to the conference • Elevated temperature alloys J. BERGSTROM (Sweden) Y. MURAKAMI (Japan) secretariat before the deadline in the following topics: • Hybrid and architectured materials A. BERNASCONI (Italy) J.C. NEWMAN (USA) MAIN DOMAINS • Light weight alloys H. BIERMANN (Germany) D. NOWELL (UK) • Corrosion Fatigue & Environmental effects • Machining M. BROCHU (Canada) T. PALIN-LUC (France) • Crack initiation process, first stages of crack propagation • Polymers and elastomers J. BURNS (USA) J. POLAK (Czech Rep.) • Creep-Fatigue interactions • Semi-conductors and Ceramics A. CARPINTERI (Italy) S. POMMIER (France) • Cyclic deformation mechanisms, cyclic stress-strain • Steels J.A.F.O. CORREIA N. SAINTIER (France) behaviour • Surface treatments, films and coatings (Portugal) A. SHANYAVSKIY (Russia) • Fatigue at notches • Ultra-fine grain materials S. COURTIN (France) C. M. SONSINO (Germany) • • Fatigue at very high temperatures Welding D. DELAUX (France) C. SOUTIS (UK)

• Fatigue of Structures A. FATEMI (USA) S. STANZL-TSCHEGG (Austria) • Fretting and Contact Fatigue G. HÄRKEGÅRD (Norway) R. SUNDER (India) • FUTUROSCOPE CONVENTION CENTRE Growth of short and long cracks - Crack growth Y. HONG (China) D. TAYLOR ( Ireland) thresholds The Conference Centre, set up on-site in the technological P. HUTAR (Czech Rep.) J.A. VIŇA OLAY (Spain) • High Cycle Fatigue complex, offers: T. KRUML (Czech Rep.) M. VORMWALD (Germany) • In service fatigue failure • A large amphitheater (1150) • F. LEFEBVRE (France) • Long term durability - aging effects A medium amphitheater (300 seats) • Low Cycle Fatigue • A small amphitheater (150 seats) • Multi-axial, variable and complex loadings • An exhibition space of up to 2,200 square meters • Residual stresses in Fatigue • 17 meeting rooms • Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue • A catering area • Very High Cycle Fatigue • Vibrations