National conference on metal, materials fatigue held

The 3rd National Youth Conference on Fatigue was held in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning province on Oct 18-20, according to local reports.

Hosted by the Chinese Materials Research Society and the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the conference was attended by more than 200 representatives from over 60 colleges and universities, research institutes and companies.

They held discussions on topics such as testing metal and materials structural fatigue, metal and material fatigue performances and predicting critical structural fatigue.

The conference included four parallel sessions, where nearly 60 reports and more than 20 speeches were presented. These covered areas including multiple materials systems, multiple test methods and multiple characterization techniques.

The latest progress and research achievements of young academics in the field of the fatigue of materials were showcased at the conference. The organizers said it provided an exchange and cooperation platform for them and will attract more young people to study metal and materials fatigue.

Officials said that the first such conference was held in Shenyang in 1992, with the second held in Xi’an, Shaanxi province in 1994. The third session followed a 25-year hiatus.

The 3rd National Youth Conference on Fatigue is held in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Oct 18-20. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]