LCF10 Tenth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue

Scope

Continuing the successful series of LCF conferences established in 1979, the Tenth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF-10) will be held in Dresden, Germany, from June 23 to 25, 2026. The permanent and even growing interest of the scientific community in low-cycle fatigue, including thermomechanical fatigue addresses on the one hand a broad range of applications, e.g. in energy technology, transportation, civil engineering, and several other topics. On the other hand, many scientific questions on fundamental deformation and damage mechanisms, influence of multiaxial stresses / strains, creep-fatigue and TMF/HCF interaction as well as crack initiation and growth are investigated with increasing experimental and simulative efforts, as well as using data driven approaches.

As a bridge between fundamental research and application in component and structural design, simulation approaches for cyclic plasticity, crack initiation and growth have made impressive and still continuing progress in the recent decades: FEM-based deformation and life assessment models at different scales, from the microstructure to macroscopic structures, are state-of-the art and under further successful development, especially for reliable design of components undergoing complex isothermal and/or thermomechanical loadings. Current research activities show that LCF research keeps being a hot topic in material research and in structural integrity considerations as well.

The development of virtual component and materials design is boosted by the current megatrend in digitization imposing entirely new opportunities, but also challenges, in data storage according to the FAIR principle via eLabBooks and repositories using metdata shemas and ontologies. Based on that, and novel high-througput characterization, e.g. by automated image analyses and indentation testing, data driven approaches in fatigue research, and design of fatigue resistant structures becomes increasingly viable. Linking 2D, and 3D full-field deformation measurement via digital image correlation with high-fidelity, even multiscale FEM simulation are a further hot topic in this context.

The objective of LCF10 is to provide a worldwide platform for scientific communication and discussion as well as a point of origin for collaboration of scientists and engineers interested in fundamental aspects and practical application as well as novel challenges in the context of digitalizatio

Topics

• Isothermal LCF, Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF) and Multiaxial LCF
• Superimposed LCF/HCF & TMF/HCF Loadings and Creep-Fatigue Interaction
• In-situ Fatigue Testing
• Microstructural Aspects of Cyclic Plasticity, Fatigue Damage, Crack Initiation and –Growth
• Influence of Surface, Environment and Protective Coatings
• Advanced Materials and Case Studies
• Novel Experimental Methods and Standardization
• Deformation & Damage Modelling and Simulation Based Life Assessment
• Digitization in fatigue research: Data storage and structures, high-troughput characterization and simulation, data driven fatigue design

Language

The conference language is English and will be required for abstracts, papers, posters and oral contributions.