Symposium Schedule

Day 1 – March 25, 2026

Auditorium – Faculty of Engineering

08:00 – 08:45
Registration and check-in
08:45 – 09:00
Opening remarks
Block 1 – Moderators: Ceferino Steimbreger.
09:00 – 10:00
Daniel Kujawski (Western Michigan University, USA)
A Meso-Aggregate Model for Fatigue Limit and Threshold Analysis
10:00 – 10:40
Mirco D. Chapetti(INTEMA, CONICET, UNMdp)
Fracture Mechanics-Based Approaches for Fatigue Design and Integrity Assessment of Metallic Components
10:40 – 11:10
COFFEE BREAK
Block 2 – Moderators: Mirco D. Chapetti.
11:10 – 11:50
Patricio G. Arrien (LEMEJ UNNOBA)
Fracture Mechanics-Based Fatigue Assessment of High-Performance Welded Joints under Different Levels of Modeling Complexity
11:50 – 12:30
Bautista Urtasun(FaIn, UNCo)
A Methodology for Fatigue Life Assessment of Welded Components
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH
Block 3 – Moderators: Ceferino Steimbreger.
13:30 – 14:10
Gerhard Oertelt(Materials2, USA)
Optimized HCF Testing Strategy through Random Fatigue Limit Software Solutions
14:10 – 14:50
Diego Díaz Salamanca(University of Oviedo, Spain)
S-N Field Evaluation Including the Effect of R and Review of Fundamentals
14:50 – 15:20
COFFEE BREAK
Block 4 – Moderators: Bautista Urtasun.
15:20 – 16:00
Damián F. Campos(FaIn, UNCo)
Probabilistic Analysis of Fatigue Damage in ACSR Conductors.
16:00 – 16:40
Alberto David Pertuz Comas(Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)
Fracture Toughness Assessment of Inconel 718: Conventional Forging vs. Laser Directed Energy Deposition (DED-LB)
16:40 – 17:00
Discussion

Day 2 – March 26, 2026

Auditorium – Faculty of Engineering

Block 1 – Moderators: Ceferino Steimbreger.
09:00 – 10:00
Mirco D. Chapetti(INTEMA, CONICET, UNMdp)
Fatigue Strength Estimation of Metallic Materials and Components with Defects
10:00 – 10:40
Daniel Kujawski(Western Michigan University, USA)
A Simple Estimation of FCG with R-Ratio Effects
10:40 – 11:10
COFFEE BREAK
Block 2 – Moderators: Mariana Poliserpi.
11:10 – 11:50
Darko Damjanovic(University of Slavonski Brod, Croatia)
Innovations in Fracture Toughness Characterization of Pipeline Steels
11:50 – 12:30
Gerónimo Sinagra - Joaquín Pereira(Oldeval)
Impacto de la Fractotenacidad en los Planes de Mantenimiento de Ductos
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH
Block 3 – Moderators: Mariana Poliserpi.
13:30 – 14:10
Emanuel Zara(Tenaris Testing and Technical Solution AR)
Experimental Evaluation of Threaded Connections Fatigue Life and Integration with Design Tools
14:10 – 14:50
Jessica Wainstein(GCM, UNPSJB, CONICET)
npl Determination using Separability Property for Curved SE(T) Coiled Tubing Specimens
14:50 – 15:20
COFFEE BREAK
Block 4 – Moderators:Bautista Urtasun.
15:20 – 16:00
Ceferino Steimbreger(FaIn, UNCo)
Fatigue Failures in Coiled Tubing: LCF vs. HCF
16:00 – 16:40
Markus Berchtold(RUMUL, Switzerland)
Considerations on the Application of Resonance Fatigue Testing Machines
16:40 – 17:00
DISCUSSION

Day 3 – March 27, 2026

Fatigue Laboratory

Block 1
09:00 – 10:30
WORKSHOP
High Capacity Fatigue Resonant Machine
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:30
WORKSHOP
High Capacity Fatigue Resonant Machine
12:30 – 13:30
Networking Lunch