Fourth International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF–4)

The papers contained in this proceedings were presented at the symposium, Fourth International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue (VHCF–4), held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, August 19–22, 2007. The objective of VHCF–4 was to provide an opportunity for the global fatigue community to present and discuss the latest experimental and theoretical research on the fatigue behavior of structural materials in the very high cycle regime. Specific topics covered include:MicrostructureInitiation Mechanisms, Survace vs. Subsurface InitiationAdvanced Materials and MEMSInfluence of Notches and Surface ConditionsRecent Advances in Apparatus and InstrumentationLife Predictions, Uncertainty and Statistical AnalysisInfluence of Environment and Temperature
This proceedings facilitates the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of fatigue in the VHCF regime, correspondingly, for the exploration of novel methods for the characterization of fatigue behavior at these very long lifetimes.
A collection of papers from the Fourth International Conference on Very High Cycle Fatigue held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, August 19–22, 2007.