Latest news on Fatigue 2017 We expect to have a busy time ahead in the run up to Christmas as we approach the peak period for registrations and the submission of full papers. Having received a large number of excellent abstracts earlier this year, the Local Technical Committee reviewed them all and accepted 64 papers for the conference. These papers have come from all over the world. Europe is well represented with papers from authors in Italy, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Russia and Germany. We also have a good selection from Japan and contributions from Malaysia, USA, Iran, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, India and China. We are also delighted to have Dr Steve Williams of Rolls-Royce, Dr Michael D. Sangid of Purdue University and Professor Robert Akid, from the University of Manchester as keynote speakers. The Technical Committee has identified eleven main sessions for the conference, several of which will be split into two or maybe three, depending largely on who the nominated presenters are. The programme will be finalised once the full papers are received and list of presenters is known; we don’t want to schedule people talking in different rooms at the same time! The sessions will be: • • • • •
The influence of manufacturing processes on fatigue High temperature and thermomechanical fatigue Multiaxial fatigue Corrosion fatigue Mathematical and numerical modelling
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Fatigue at notches Fatigue at welds Fatigue of engineering materials Composite materials Reliability and probability Test methods
We are enormously grateful to Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS for agreeing to give the Conference Dinner Address, and thank our President for arranging this. We shall also be presenting the Peter Watson Prize at the Conference Dinner event. At the last Annual General Meeting we decided to rename the Durability Prize in honour of our Founding President who was a great advocate of the EIS and supporter of young engineers in industry and academia. We would not be able to run such a large international event without the support of our corporate friends. We should like to thank Zwick Roell, Dassault Systèmes Simulia, HBM and Siemens for their sponsorship, and also Rolls Royce plc for their endorsement and considerable assistance. As we head into autumn, the conference organisers would like to encourage everyone to come to Downing College Cambridge next year to participate in what we hope will be our best ever conference. We are pleased to welcome the following companies as Platinum Sponsors of Fatigue 2017. HBM
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Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA
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Siemens
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Zwick Roell
Further sponsorship opportunities are available including sponsorship of the conference dinner. Conference sponsorship is a highly effective way to build relationships and communicate your marketing messages. There are several different sponsorship packages available and in all cases your logo will be displayed on the final programme, website and literature associated with the event. If you are interested in finding out more please contact the conference secretariat, Sara Atkin, on 01572 811315.
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